A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the World.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron.

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them.

I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice.

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

I'd like to cause a little riot in skating.

You must daily communicate with God.

Never, under any circumstances put a man in a position where he no longer cares.

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

You have never suffered-how can you be a leftist?

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise to an approving God.

You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard.

The one thing about God that's so beautiful is He is omnipotent, and He is the Almighty. But He's not a dictator.

The arts are the hospitals for our souls.

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.