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.
— Tessa Virtue
Hydration is a key thing, as an athlete yes, but also for your skin, and I do notice the biggest difference when I stay hydrated.
What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.
There's a difference between feeling nervous and feeling: 'I'm not worthy of taking the ice.'
We're huge Drake fans, I mean, but who isn't?
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.
Being out with an injury is always a tough thing, and coming back, you're never sure where you might fit in.
My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.
Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.
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.
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.
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.
Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.
We're so excited to skate in a Canadian market.
In my family, education was always important.
It's nice to socialize with some normal students, and kind of separate from my skating life with academics.
My mom has always shopped for me. I'm so lucky that I have an in-house stylist.
My every day look would be mascara, blush and a little bit of lip balm.
We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows are lower, and everything just takes on grander proportions.
We're always learning about our bodies and learning how to take care of them properly and how to perform at our best.
I was always the youngest and I think girls, period, try to psych each other out, there are a lot of head games.
Throughout a competitive career, you can certainly lose yourself trying to please the judges.
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.
I've learned a lot about pain management.
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.
I've been told I'm really bad at flirting.
I love golf clothes. I have a lot of fun with the little golf skirts and vests.
You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.
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.
I can get very quiet and internalize things.
The challenge is to balance the technical elements and what is required of us with being artists and telling a story.
I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.
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.
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.
I always love rosy cheeks, so I am all about blush.
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 love getting away from the rink and being in school.
I want people to like me and, if there's any doubt, I sort of worry.
I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.
Let's face it, there's just different access that young boys have to sport and teams than girls.
We care so much about the sport that we invest everything we have into it.
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.
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 so uncommon for athletes to push themselves the way they do and not have injuries as a result.
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.
Sometimes you forget how good it feels to just move, to express, to make different shapes, and let your body be free.
The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.
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.
School for me has always been a really great balance with the skating.
I definitely dress based on my mood.
