I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that indeed I am a man.

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.

You only live once. Life is a show

If you think you've seen it all, put on your sunglasses, because you're about to be surprised.

One of the quickest ways to become exhausted is by suppressing your feelings.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort.

A cold and moist brain is an inseparable companion to folly.

[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him.

Well to me the most interesting things can be an actor's facial expression, a gesture, the movement of a body - all those things that we are saying to each other in-between the words.

My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.

Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Understanding variation is the key to success in quality and business.