00:00How do I get a fair shot here?
00:01Because I'm up at 5 every morning working my ass off.
00:04Does someone want to just tell me to my face,
00:06you're never going to give me the scores I deserve?
00:08This is how it's done.
00:09Some of these girls have paid their dues.
00:11I don't give a shit.
00:12I out-skated them today.
00:14We also judge on presentation.
00:16You're just not as good as you think.
00:17Maybe you should pick another sport.
00:19On the ice, my performance was stunning.
00:21I outclassed every other skater.
00:24But the judges gave me the lowest score.
00:26Angrily, I rushed to the judges' table.
00:29In the skating world back then,
00:30only those from elite backgrounds got respect.
00:33Someone poor, like me, scoring high seemed impossible.
00:36But I refused to accept that.
00:38I wouldn't give up.
00:40I dreamed of changing the rules of skating on my own.
00:43At the national championship, right after I entered-
00:46You suck.
00:47What is this, rednecks on ice?
00:49I'll ice come-
00:50I ignored him.
00:51When he returned to his seat,
00:52the woman behind him handed him 500 bucks.
00:55That woman was my mother.
00:57She believed my anger could become strength.
00:59And-
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