A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

Growth occurs unabated free of obstacles.

The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns.

The land belongs to those who work it with their hands.

A good name is still to be preferred to great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

The only way we live beyond our lives is to connect and carve ourselves into the souls of those we love.

Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.