I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

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

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.

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

Where there is hope...there is life

Not being able to find meaning can be just as powerful as finding meaning.

I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that he'll travel with me if it's appropriate, if I'm not going overseas.

The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit-by-bit with the right equipment.

Apparently deciding Charles’s brief introduction wasn’t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. “Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—

You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like a Rubix Cube... the more you play with it, the harder it gets!