A biography for Tessa Virtuehasn’t been written yet.
“I've learned a lot about pain management.”
“My mom has always shopped for me. I'm so lucky that I have an in-house stylist.”
“Ultimately, and I can appreciate this as I get older, those quirks and those differences are what I find so attractive about other people, that's what I think being beautiful is.”
“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.”
“I was always the youngest and I think girls, period, try to psych each other out, there are a lot of head games.”
“I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.”
“I've been told I'm really bad at flirting.”
“There's something about an Olympic Games and representing Canada and being part of that greater team, so when we're 70, we'll be wanting to be Olympians still. That stays with you, I think.”
“Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.”
“Anytime an athlete deals with an injury, it forces you to revaluate and refocus.”
“Hair and makeup has become part of my pre-competition routine. It's a quiet time, when I can reflect, I can put on some music - and I can mentally get in the zone of performance.”
“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.”
“In my family, education was always important.”
“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.”
“A lot of the figure skating costumes are kind of revealing, so I think it's nice to have glowing, soft, smooth skin.”
“I definitely dress based on my mood.”
“We've had the good fortune of performing to live music a few times in our career and it always creates a different dynamic.”
“You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.”
“I don't think I'm going to look back and wish that I spent more time worrying about my muscles or fat or whatever.”
“When we're choreographing, we're on the ice five or six hours a day. The setting for your skin is just horrendous - the stress and the competition makeup and the training itself.”