Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

I love hanging out with friends and family.

I havent mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.

Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet.

When Im competing, I need to be strong.

I really believe that women who are confident in their natural beauty are the most beautiful

Skaters are infamously superstitious.

From a young age, I was viciously competitive.

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

Never forget:we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.

I relish my life. It’s the one I have. It’s difficult, beautiful, painful, full of laughter, passing strange. Whatever else it is, whatever it brings – it’s mine.

In the end there is a choice. And my choice is to be against the occupation, and not only the occupation but the whole system of discrimination and dispossession.

I'm not a suit and tie kind of guy. I wear a suit once a year, for the Hall of Fame, or if I have to go to a funeral or something. It's just not me.

Conquer the angry man by love.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,They must in quantity of Matter all agree

'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or 8 years to start liking it.

With people in the world such as 'Jamie Oliver' and [TV chef] Clarissa Dickson-Wright there isn't much hope for animals.

You have a touch in letter writing that is beyond me. Something unexpected, like coming round a corner in a rose garden and finding it still daylight.