Quotes by Ashley Wagner

About Ashley Wagner:

Ashley Elisabeth Wagner is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist, winner of three Grand Prix events (2012 Skate America; 2012 and 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard), and a three-time U.S. national champion (2012, 2013, and 2015).
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I might be more of a tomboy on the ice, but when it comes to fashion and things like that, I'm a total girlie-girl.

Ashley Wagner

I'm a strong-headed person, and you can always tell how I'm feeling in that moment.

Ashley Wagner

I'm very much a technical person.

Ashley Wagner

I was very much a tomboy. I just couldn't do the pink ballet tutus.

Ashley Wagner

I went through my awkward teenage years. I don't want to go back.

Ashley Wagner

In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.'

Ashley Wagner

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

Ashley Wagner

I live in California, so I do stand-up paddle board, which is a killer workout. I also run, about four miles every three days.

Ashley Wagner

You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.

Ashley Wagner

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.

Ashley Wagner

When I fall, I fall hard.

Ashley Wagner

The SoCal weather can't be beat, but I just haven't quite been able to embrace the lifestyle.

Ashley Wagner

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Ashley Wagner

The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal.

Ashley Wagner

I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt.

Ashley Wagner

I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice.

Ashley Wagner

A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.

Ashley Wagner

You should not be defined by one bad performance.

Ashley Wagner

I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was around it so often, and some of the kindest people I know are gay figure skaters.

Ashley Wagner

It just comes kind of naturally to me to take something and try and make it relatable and interesting to someone who doesn't know everything about skating.

Ashley Wagner

I hate doing Tabatas - you do whatever you want at high intensity for 20 seconds, and then get a 10 second break and you repeat that for 8 minutes. So you can do jumping jacks for 20 seconds, you can do sprints for 20 seconds, etc. It's supposed to h...

Ashley Wagner

Author Bio

  • NameAshley Wagner
  • DescriptionAmerican figure skater
  • BornMay 16, 1991
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson