Max Aaron Quotes

I can't say I have a lucky charm, but I do wear a 3/4-zip U.S.A. jacket I wear to every event. I got it from Nike, and it was from the 2012 Olympic Games.

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I have a pretty strict diet, and for breakfast, I have three eggs and a cup of oatmeal.

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I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there.

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Anything is possible. No one understands how far you can push your body to the limit, and I like to play with that.

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I hope that my work ethic has been a model for those who do not believe in themselves or have lingering doubts about their own abilities.

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I would go for the biggest guy on the team, dump the puck in. I would chase after it because I was very fast. If I wanted to get a big hit, I would have to leap into the guy. The guy would be maybe a 6-3 defenseman, 220, I would leap into this guy and plow him over. He would just fall to the ground. That was my thing.

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There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.

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I push myself as hard as I can every day so I can achieve my goals and so I feel I have nothing to regret later on after my career.

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Every time I watch a performance, I'm disgusted with how I've skated. It's very hurtful for me.

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I have always wanted to be the best, and it drives me every day, no matter the obstacle.

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I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

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I definitely love getting a massage or going to a spa.

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I was tired of getting last or fifth or sixth. I was tired of falling multiple times in a program. I was tired of competing differently than how I trained. If I was going to do that, why train so hard? I took a step back, and I figured out what I wanted to change about myself.

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Some days it's tough, and I don't want to train my mental game, or I don't want to train my components as hard as I used to.

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I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how cool it would be to be there.

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There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

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If it's a day to indulge, I like to have a burrito or a steak.

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I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S.

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The long program sets the men apart from the boys.

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At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion.

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I have my struggles. But I'm doing whatever it takes to be an artist, to be the best technical jumper I can be, the best spinner I can be. Nothing is easy about that. But I'm doing whatever I can to be the best.

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I hope to take my Birthright trip.

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Nothing makes you try harder than to be told that you are not good enough or that you simply do not have the skills.

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Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

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It eventually ends, and that's what I think a lot of athletes forget. It's 10 years after the Olympics, and you won the Olympics, and that's great, but no one cares.

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I always thought the list needed to be longer. We needed to have a stronger representation of Jewish athletes, and I'm so happy to that I'm part of them now.

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No fear - that's my approach every single time I'm on the ice.

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When I decided to continue in the sport, I decided I would do whatever it takes to be the best figure skater I can be.

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Maybe at the end of my figure skating career, I'll be able to have just the one game I always dreamed of having. I've still got the skill, I think. I'd have to work on my stick-handling skills, but the speed and my hockey smarts are still there.

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In hockey, sometimes a shift can go for a minute and a half, full out.

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I'm not afraid of falling or failing, because I've failed many times, and I learned from them.

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I was a host and a busboy and a barback.

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I have met a lot of athletes who were on the top of their sport, and then sat around and did nothing. They just didn't know what to do.

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I grew up looking to all those Jewish athletes for inspiration.

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Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

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I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't perform, that I'm not artistic.

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I feel connected to God when I'm out there performing.

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I love any event in the United States because I treat it like it's my home, my house. And I'm going to protect it.

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I like to go to bed around 10 P.M.

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I love hard work. If I'm not sweating, then I'm not working.

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