Gracie Gold

“I think that's something to look forward to: The new Gracie Gold at the Olympics. In 2014, you'll see a lot of the warm Gracie, and not just the athletic Gracie.”

“Everyone saying, 'She'll bring back women's skating. This will be the one to watch at the Olympics.' And they say things that are so far away, but really, you have to bring it back in and look at the next competition, the next day, what you want to accomplish because if you get too far ahead of yourself, you can trip yourself up.”

“'Pretty Little Liars' - my sister and I read the books, so we stuck to it for the first season, but it started to kind of drift off; so did we.”

“Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.”

“Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.”

“In skating there's always another jump or another spin variation or another thing to learn, and that's what I liked about it.”

“Grace Kelly is my main inspiration, for her timeless beauty. I like Jennifer Lawrence for her fun, down-to-earth style, and Taylor Swift is always elegant.”

“A lot of the off-ice is actually spent sort of as a recovery process. Because the closer we get to a competition, the more and more you do on-ice. So if you're already on the ice three to four hours, you get enough cardio doing your run-throughs. But I sometimes do the elliptical or bike.”

“Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.”

“I always try to have a fun nail. It's something whimsical that you can pull off anytime.”

“I always put a layer of lip balm first, and then I layer the lipstick on by using a lip brush to help get it into the whole lip and make a really even line.”

“When it comes down to competition, it's not always about the best skater, it's about who skates the best in that competition.”

“I always wear a pair of colored jeans and fun boots. I have a really cute pair of stars-and-stripes Converse, and I love wearing all my bright Nike shoes.”

“Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.”

“I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics.”

“I love pop music... some hip hop... not super big into rap, but I love Rihanna. I love Alicia Keys. Rihanna was my first concert I went to. I love her.”

“I'm an elite, recreational juggler.”

“I can't live without mascara and lipstick - every day.”

“A lip brush is really helpful when applying a red lip because it makes the lines smoother. You can see a bumpy line from really far away.”

“My mom was born in San Diego, around Vista. So we've always been California people.”