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

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

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.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

Life is not about what happened yesterday nor what will happen tomorrow, it's about this particular moment!

The real rich people doesn't have bank accounts, they have treasures.

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression.

I do not believe anything very certainly, but everything very probably.

Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves

Do not try to produce an ideal child, it would find no fitness in this world.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.

And God would bid His warfare cease, Saying all things were well; And softly make a rosy peace, A peace of Heaven with Hell.