For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

Hey Steve, no offense, but if you couldn't shoot, there would be no reason for you to be alive.

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.

But as the world turns I learned life is hell, Livin' in the world no different from a cell...

Disruptors don't have to discover something new; they just have to discover a practical use for new discoveries.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

Romance is not an idea, but a moment. An unspoken glance when someone looks into your eyes and knows exactly who you are, what you need.

Make the land of Islam a burning fire that burns their faces and feet wherever they pass.

I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said, 'Richard, calm down.'