I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that Ive done after that is really because of the Olympics.

If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or camera flashes or autograph seekers, but I'd still be skating.

A really important part of competition is coming back, trying to do it better the second time than you did the first.

When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great drama.

Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore.

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.

You never know how the tough times you are going through today will inspire someone else tomorrow.

All you could do was hope for silence, for still air.

Sometimes, sitting here in the dark, slowly slowly creating strategy, she wondered if she was only fooling herself to think her plans were clever.

Taking in too much added sugar from highly marketed sugary foods and drinks displaces healthier foods in the diet.

When you really respect somebody who does something different from you, your respect is for the quality of the job.

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.

You worry too much about what goes into your mouth and not enough about what comes out of it.

I'm a huge fan of 1930s horror - Universal films. I grew up with them and I just absolutely love them.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.