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I've always been someone who's had to compartmentalize my life because I was in the closet, and I was in fear of outing myself. I always had so much going on in my mind and couldn't share it with anyone, so I actually feel like, now that I'm out, I have less to compartmentalize.

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My Life, Feel, Been, Outing

I've had knee trouble, and I worry about my shoulder, but I think my weakest link is my head. A helmet can only do so much, and I have seen the effects of brain injuries. That is a big fear. I think everyone's weakest link is their brain because it's their most fragile link.

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Injuries, Big, I Think, Weakest

The only way to really change perceptions, to break down barriers, break down homophobia, is through representation. That's definitely not something I had as a kid. I never saw a gay athlete kissing their boyfriend at the Olympics. I think if I had, it would've made it easier for me.

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Through, Boyfriend, I Think, Barriers

When I was in the closet, I had so much pressure on my shoulders. When I came out, that was actually the first moment I felt relieved of those stresses. It really showed in my skiing.

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Shoulders, Skiing, Felt, Stresses

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

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Authentic, Getting, Liberating

I think it's so important to have visibility and to break down stereotypes and stigmas and everything that people are so attached to.

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Think, Stereotypes, I Think, Attached

The world that I would want to get into would be acting. In the beginning, I would do stuff as myself if I had the opportunity to host events - host, like, a talk show. Something like that, I think, would be super amazing.

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Beginning, Show, I Think, Talk Show

I have felt so insecure about my body at times. I've been on every end of the spectrum. I felt like I was too skinny and wished I could be muscular. I've felt like I was chubby and wanted to be skinny. I think everybody suffers from body image issues. I might exude confidence sometimes, but I'm pretty insecure.

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Been, Muscular, Everybody, Spectrum

Having an Olympic medal validates that you can be a successful freeskier... It's like a credential that sticks with you the rest of your life.

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Rest, Olympic, Having, Olympic Medal

I'm actually sort of shocked that I was able to get a medal in 2014 and really have any of the success I had before because as soon as I came out, it was like a whole new world for me, and I felt so free, so confident, that it's actually shocking that I was able to compete any other way.

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Compete, Other, Before, New World

I don't ever train half-pipe except for the short training sessions during events, and because of that, I have a really hard time consistently putting my runs down smoothly.

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Training, Down, Putting, Smoothly

It's a life I would have never been able to foresee for myself, but I'm so grateful for it, and I really just loved skiing as a kid, and it's crazy how far it's taken me.

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Grateful, Skiing, Been, Foresee

I always felt like I had something to prove, like I had to work twice as hard to make sure I got it. I knew I didn't want to be a good skier. I wanted to be the best.

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Prove, Always, Sure, Skier

I don't think that one thing defines me, but I know that by coming out the way that I did, sort of almost pioneering it in action sports - to take that stand - that it's always going to be a label that is stuck with me, and I know that I'll always be the 'gay skier,' and it actually doesn't bother me.

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Defines, Pioneering, Almost, Skier

My diet doesn't change regardless of whether or not I'm competing. It's not that strict, either. I try not to eat too much dessert or too many sugary things, like bread or pasta. But I'm not crazy, and I'll eat pasta if that's what someone if making. It's all about trying to find a balance and eat healthy.

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Balance, About, Either, Dessert

When you're able to love and appreciate and take pride with yourself, that makes everything easier. It makes it easier to train, it makes it easier to be in the gym, and it makes it easier for everyone else to accept and love you.

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Love, Makes, Everyone Else, Train

When you're able to be honest with yourself about who you are and finally can present your authentic true self to the world, you feel so much better about yourself, and it makes it easier for everyone else to feel better about you.

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Feel, About, Your, True Self

I would probably say Breckenridge has the best park out of any resort. They build the best jumps, they have fun rails, and the pipe is well kept, too.

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Have Fun, Say, Jumps, Rails

You don't want to be defined by one thing. But at the same point... When you are the first in something, that's gonna kinda be the title that sticks. And after Sochi, I was, like, the dog guy. Now I'm the gay guy, and it's fine by me.

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Guy, Title, Point, Defined

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

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Inclusion, Want, Leave, Footprint

Since I came out of the closet, I've gotten to just really be myself and feel authentic and honest and genuine. It's just been a huge relief for me competitively.

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Myself, Been, Gotten, Relief

I would honestly say the biggest thing for cold weather is a good face moisturizer with SPF. Winters are harsh, wind chill's real, and, a lot of the time, it's a really dry climate, and so your lips will crack, your face will start to get dry, your nose will peel; it's easy to get sunburnt, windburnt.

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Chill, Cold, Harsh, Wind

I'm so proud that now you can exist as a gay man and be an Olympian, and it can be beneficial rather than negative. So it's amazing. And I just think I feel so liberated now that I've been out of the closet for a while, and so I'm free in that I just get to be myself, speak freely, act freely, and I think that I am competing confidently.

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Been, I Think, Rather, Confidently

Jet lag is tough, to be honest. For me, it's much easier to force yourself to stay awake.

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Tough, Stay, Awake, Lag

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves, our communities, and our countries, so I think it's important to stand up and be a voice.

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Voice, Differences, I Think, Communities

I was so stressed in the closet. In an interview, I was scared they were going to ask me about a crush, or the type of girl I liked, or whatever it was. And I was going to have to lie by omission. It was always in the back of my mind.

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Mind, Always, Going, Scared

Competitors, even friends that would say things that were so homophobic, and - I don't think that they realized necessarily the impact that it was having on me, because I was in the closet, and I think that that's what made me really scared to come out.

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Out, I Think, Homophobic, Scared

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

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Say, Closet, Anybody, Congratulate

I love Kim Chi the drag queen from 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' but I'm not sure about the food.

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Love, Race, Sure, Drag

The chance of messing up and falling significantly increases when you're flipping through the air three times while spinning and trying to grab your skis.

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Falling, Through, Messing, Grab

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