Quotes from Tessa Virtue

I love getting away from the rink and being in school.

Part of the attraction to golf may be that it's just a score on the sheet and there's not much you can do about it.

My every day look would be mascara, blush and a little bit of lip balm.

Obviously, I've reaped the benefits of sport and activity. But not many girls, as it turns out, even have the resources available to them to be physically active or to maintain that as they go through high school.

I always love rosy cheeks, so I am all about blush.

I drink hot water and lemon every morning.

To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.

We come from a rich history of amazing sports and athletes here in Canada and there's been a long legacy before us that helped pave the way. And that's why I grew up believing I could go to the Olympics and stand on the podium one day.

I don't often wear perfume, because I am sensitive to smells, but vanilla has a warmth to it, and it's inviting and soft.

What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.

I never want to be randomly posing with a product or putting my name to a brand arbitrarily.

The Nivea Care Cream changed my life.

When I am home on a weekend, you can bet I am relaxing in sweats!

What I love about Nivea is they're all about authenticity. The brand isn't pretending to be anything it isn't.

You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.

I think the way you present yourself to the world, whatever kind of task you're tackling, is really important.

My cottage is on Lake Huron and it's always nice to have the chance to get away and hear the waves crashing while reading a good book.

I am a big fan of white sheets, hotel bedding and white towels!

The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.

Sometimes you forget how good it feels to just move, to express, to make different shapes, and let your body be free.

It's funny that I love golf so much because I'm not usually drawn to things I'm not so good at. It's all about practice and working and not getting discouraged.

The challenge is to balance the technical elements and what is required of us with being artists and telling a story.

We have the opportunity to make people feel something, feel some emotion, and then also we get to be just pure athletes, and from a pure technical standpoint do things are really technically demanding, and very challenging. So it's that balance between the two that we love. And we love to play with the limits and push ourselves.

I joined the Young Philanthropists Circle at the Musee Des Beaux Arts, we have little events every month where you learn about a different artist and you see the exhibit and you get an inside an inside look at the technique used.