I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.

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.

It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.

Do you realise how much trouble you're in?" "Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned.

We've had to be creative to get on the ballot.

Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner.

It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.

In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.

[ Tucker Carlson] thought that was the paramount example of discrimination and bigotry and all of these buzzwords these people use.

Energy is our most precious resource, for it is the means by which we transform our creative potential into meaningful action.