I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in yourself and your happiness.

Like seeds we start small, grow together and stand tall

Pent-up anger is oftentimes more destructive than a good quarrel.

Grover murmured, "Well, Percy, what have we learned today?"That three-headed dogs prefer red rubber balls over sticks?"No, " Grover told me. "We've learned that your plans really, really bite!

The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.

For a woman, all resurrection, all salvation, from whatever perdition, lies in love; in fact, it is her only way to it.

In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.

I've been in crime for a long time and I know that the actual move isn't the actual crime: the crime continues [afterwards].

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread.