every time i kind of doubted myself, i did always think back tojohn curry and what he did and how different it was. and i think because of all of the work thatjohn had done, it gave me the opportunity to be able to feel and think bigger than myself. i personally, i find it very hard i to think that our sport would be where it is now and certainly for the men's figure - skating of the world, - ifjohn curry hadn't been a part of the legacy that has created i the world for myself and future champions to take over. but he wasn'tjust making news on the ice — just a day after his olympic victory, a reporter published quotes from curry in an interview where he spoke openly about being gay. the world's focus shifted from his beautiful skating to his sexuality. i, at the time, thought if i said to a journalist,