Quotes by Allison Baver

“When I was in fourth grade, my family, we used to always go to the roller skating rink. There was this cute boy there that I liked. It kind of influenced me to keep going.”

“When I was going to Penn State, I was so new to ice skating that I only skated once a week, and that was in Harrisburg, three hours away. It wasnt my No. 1 focus.”

“It was so incredibly cool to see everybody skate so fast.”

“Once I got there and started skating every day, I knew I had to make a full commitment. Somebody told me, a coach a long time ago, that if you want to make the Olympic team, you have to dedicate your entire life, sacrifice everything. I wasnt ready to do that before.”

“I guess they asked me because I am getting my masters degree in business at the New York Institute of Technology.”

“I noticed it traveling with our team. We?re the only team that has coaches from three other countries and athletes that are all different in terms of our diversity. Look at our team as a whole. It is the United States. . . . It?s a melting pot.”

“It really breaks my heart to see it, because I know hes the best skater in the world in my eyes. But the Olympics are not over.”

“It really breaks my heart. One of the best skaters in the world didnt have a chance to show it tonight.”

“It really breaks my heart to watch that. I know hes the best skater in the world, and he really didnt have a chance to show that. But the Olympics arent over.”

“My ankle is a little swollen, my right ankle. I tried to block that out. But Ill probably feel it really bad [this] morning.”