As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.

I think skating helped me find myself.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life

If there is anything the leaders in the society or the nations must take note of is to know the importance of justice.

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.

Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.

One doesn't know one's self what grain one sows, that works on and on, through one and through many lives, transmitted from heart to heart and from lips to lips.

Beginning in 1940,...questionable grades of (low) malignancy were classed as cancer. ...the proportion of 'cancer' cures...increased rapidly.

My hand will always be imperfect because it's human… I think that's where the beauty is.

God has created the world in play, as it were.

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge

This is a time that calls for extreme restraint. In a world of outright aggression and violence there can be no winners. To respond to violence with counter-violence only throws oil on the fire.

I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game.