A biography for Adam Ripponhasn’t been written yet.
“I've never made a meal that I wasn't able to eat, but it that doesn't mean anyone else would ever eat it, haha!”
“You have a personality like mine, it's for everybody... It's not just for some group of people.”
“If you ever have the option, come to the Olympics. It's, like, a fun time.”
“Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.”
“Haters are fans in denial.”
“I think I've shown the world I'm a fierce competitor, yes. But I've also shown them that I'm a fierce human being.”
“I feel so honored that I've had the opportunity to share my story with so many people.”
“I don't follow the rules!”
“I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating and being America's sweetheart.”
“All the sacrifices my mom and family had made had been worth it.”
“It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than.”
“I'm able to go out there, and I'm really able to be, like, unabashedly myself. And I want somebody who's young, who's struggling, who's not sure if it's OK if they are themselves to know that it's OK.”
“I looked around and saw my competitors: they're all doing these quads, and at the same time, they're a head shorter than me, they're 10 years younger than me, and they're the size of one of my legs.”
“What makes America great is that we're all so different.”
“If I forgot to put something on, and I have to wear a trash bag, I'm just like, 'I'm gonna rock a trash bag today.'”
“As an audience member, I like to watch what they're doing, and that's one of the reasons I love skating: because it's a performance, and I love to perform. That's my favorite aspect of skating.”
“As soon as I broke my foot, I remember thinking that I'm going to make this the best thing that's ever happened to me.”
“I'm really go-with-the-flow, but I take things really seriously. At the same time, when things don't go my way, I don't ever freak out. Why? Why freak out?”
“I really brought that with me: that people think gay people are disgusting... I remember thinking, 'Okay, I might be gay. But I won't tell anybody. Nobody will ever know.'”
“It's totally crazy! I can't believe all the young kids doing it in competition now. It's pretty unbelievable to have an element variation named after me.”