Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tessa Virtue
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian athlete Tessa Virtue.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.
I was so lucky. I grew up with an incredibly strong grandmother, mother and sister. All three, independent, fierce, clever women who were hard workers, had goals and visions for themselves, and were really ambitious. And, they didn't apologize for those goals.
You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.
I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.
My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.
I am a big fan of white sheets, hotel bedding and white towels!
The challenge is to balance the technical elements and what is required of us with being artists and telling a story.
I can get very quiet and internalize things.
It's very tough to transfer ballroom technique onto the ice, to give the illusion of the proper hip motion and position, with the speed and glide of the blade.
We have the opportunity to make people feel something, feel some emotion, and then also we get to be just pure athletes, and from a pure technical standpoint do things are really technically demanding, and very challenging. So it's that balance between the two that we love. And we love to play with the limits and push ourselves.
When I'm not on the ice, I do interval work on the bike or the elliptical, trying to mimic a four-minute routine. But it doesn't come close.
My every day look would be mascara, blush and a little bit of lip balm.
I love golf clothes. I have a lot of fun with the little golf skirts and vests.
We're huge Drake fans, I mean, but who isn't?
We care so much about the sport that we invest everything we have into it.
My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.
Part of the attraction to golf may be that it's just a score on the sheet and there's not much you can do about it.
Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.
I love getting away from the rink and being in school.
I don't often wear perfume, because I am sensitive to smells, but vanilla has a warmth to it, and it's inviting and soft.
We're so excited to skate in a Canadian market.
A lot of the emotions we portray are universal themes that resonate with everyone, so the fact that people feel invested in our partnership is truly remarkable.
I drink hot water and lemon every morning.
Flawless' is an unattainable thing.
My grandmother used to make the most incredible chicken divan, and my mom has carried out that tradition. It's my comfort food. It's amazing how you can almost taste the memories with a dish like that! And the more leftovers, the better.
We're in a world and a society where we're all striving for this perfection that doesn't exist.
The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.
The more people feel comfortable to showcase that and the more we highlight that as a visibility for young girls to see and look up to - I think that's better.
I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.
We're always learning about our bodies and learning how to take care of them properly and how to perform at our best.
I think that physical confidence transcends to all facets of your life.
My mom has always shopped for me. I'm so lucky that I have an in-house stylist.
It's funny that I love golf so much because I'm not usually drawn to things I'm not so good at. It's all about practice and working and not getting discouraged.
It's nice to socialize with some normal students, and kind of separate from my skating life with academics.
I definitely dress based on my mood.
There's a difference between feeling nervous and feeling: 'I'm not worthy of taking the ice.'
Sometimes you forget how good it feels to just move, to express, to make different shapes, and let your body be free.
I'm quite fair and I need to protect myself with a good ball cap. Any time I can rep the Jays or the Leafs is great.
Being out with an injury is always a tough thing, and coming back, you're never sure where you might fit in.
Experience is a really wonderful thing, and in a way we've been fortunate to have had so many ups and downs in our career, and a lot of struggles and a lot of sacrifices. But again, that's just an athlete's story.
I want people to like me and, if there's any doubt, I sort of worry.
What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.
I was always the youngest and I think girls, period, try to psych each other out, there are a lot of head games.
My cottage is on Lake Huron and it's always nice to have the chance to get away and hear the waves crashing while reading a good book.
When you have a sense of yourself in space, in your movement, in your muscles, you can express yourself through your body, your instrument. You learn so much about who you are and what your truth is.
To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.
School for me has always been a really great balance with the skating.
I've been told I'm really bad at flirting.
Let's face it, there's just different access that young boys have to sport and teams than girls.
Ultimately, and I can appreciate this as I get older, those quirks and those differences are what I find so attractive about other people, that's what I think being beautiful is.
As women, we're busy. We're under stress and under pressure, and the expectations are so high for us, so the first thing to go is self-care.
It's so uncommon for athletes to push themselves the way they do and not have injuries as a result.
In my family, education was always important.
Obviously, I've reaped the benefits of sport and activity. But not many girls, as it turns out, even have the resources available to them to be physically active or to maintain that as they go through high school.
Part of being an athlete is constantly striving for more. We're looking for perfection in a world where that doesn't exist. No matter what we do and what we accomplish or how we perform, we're always looking at areas we can improve upon.
I always love rosy cheeks, so I am all about blush.
You're never going to regret working out or being active. You might regret not doing it, you might regret pressing that snooze button, but you'll never regret getting physically active.
Throughout a competitive career, you can certainly lose yourself trying to please the judges.
There's something about an Olympic Games and representing Canada and being part of that greater team, so when we're 70, we'll be wanting to be Olympians still. That stays with you, I think.
I've learned a lot about pain management.
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