30 Quotes by Evan Lysacek

It's hard because I dreamed about the Olympics for upwards of a decade. And that dream didn't include getting sick with a stomach flu, getting stuck with IVs, having my veins collapse and falling in the short program. It became about something different ... courage.

After the pairs short program (Saturday), I have adrenaline. I came back like I had just arrived and I'm in competition mode. I've had four clean run-throughs in the last four days.

I'm going to slip in under the radar. I know I'm ready. I know I'm trained.

I know that I have tons of work ahead of me. But it's work that I've been waiting my entire life to do.

I had an off night. Not good to do it at the Olympics.

I'll definitely keep going. I'm learning about the sport and the Olympics and world championships. To come out and burst on the scene and get a medal doesn't seem realistic.

In training, I've been doing the quad a lot and it's been going really well. This one felt good, and I was not braced for the fall.

I didn't know exactly what it meant. At the time I was doing the Junior Olympics I thought, ?Well, I won that, how hard can it be to do this other Olympics? It's just another step.

I definitely think the trend is we're trying to eliminate name-recognition from skating.