Evan Lysacek Quotations

We've always had great depth in our men. Certainly we have it this year. And what I think is so wonderful about the top four is that each one has a completely different style.

Since last year, I've made so many improvements already that hopefully I can go out and compete with these guys and be that much better.

Obviously, this year there are some expectations on me to perform, but this is only my third Grand Prix of my life.

I got the wind knocked out of me badly so it took about half way through before I got my wind back, and I fell on my leg so it kind of went numb on me. But it was enough. That's what today is about.

I can land almost everything, ... I thought I do a good performance.

I am so excited to come in second in the competition, but if just one of those minor mistakes that I made would have not been there, it would have made up that less than one point to first. I am so honored; the Olympics has been a life-long dream. I know that I have a ton of work ahead of me, but it is work I have been waiting my entire life to do.

I think when I was about 14 or 15 I decided, ?I think I'm going to go to the Olympics. So for about the last five years I've been thinking about it every day. Every single day.

I worked hard and it is a long season. I told myself that it is just four and a half minutes out of my life and to try my best.

I thought I stayed with the program and with the character, and the audience was great, ... Grease.

I'm here trying to gauge my music and the ice and get into the season. Last season, we had the same plan, to build up slowly. This year, I just hope for better results at the end of the year.

I wasn't disappointed with the score. I was just disappointed in the jump. It's the easiest jump in my program.

You can know what score you're planning for.

We see her as this almost goddess-like super human. I'm very sad for her.

I've been strangely calm this whole week. It just hit me five minutes before what was on the line. It's not even how you did, it's just that you got through it well enough to make the team.

The Olympics has been a life-long dream. I know that I have a ton of work ahead of me, but it is work I have been waiting my entire life to do.

They kind of skipped over her, but she proved them wrong. I hope she can keep it up.

It's been a very successful season for me. My best ever.

That's the first element I have missed all season in the short program. Obviously, a very uncharacteristic mistake.

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.

I definitely just wanted to stay on my feet,

I feel awesome. I've had a really strong season so far, the best of my career with two medals in the Grand Prix, and I was the only American to qualify for the finals. So that gives me a big boost of confidence coming in here.

I could have sold it more, but I was trying to pace myself and take one thing at a time. Every few seconds I would think facial expression or choreography and I'd do something expression, but then I'd go back into my little zone. At the end I felt like I didn't remember. I wasn't sure if it had happened yet.