Fuck Yeah, Jeremy Abbott

I would just hold my middle finger in the air and say a big F you to everyone who has ever said that to me because they have never stood in my shoes.

They’ve never had to do what I had to do. Nobody has to stand center ice before a million people and put an entire career on the line for eight minutes of their life when they’ve been doing it for 20-some years. And if you don’t think that that’s not hard, you’re a damn idiot.

So some people can handle it better than others, but everyone has that mental struggle, everyone goes through the same doubts. I am not alone. They just come at different times and different moments. Some people have their moment at the Olympics, and some have theirs at the national championships.

I’m proud to be standing here. I’m a four-time national champion and a two-time Olympian, and no one can take that away from me. So whatever people have to say about me, that’s their own problem because I’m freaking proud of what I’ve done and I’m not going to apologize for any of it.

jeremy fucking abbott, with his horrendous fall on the short last night, actually got MORE than just his redemption today by being the ONLY MALE SKATER TO PERFORM CLEANLY

like i just

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