I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

I'm pretty confident about my sobriety, but I don't want to get too confident because that's when I'll crash.

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.

I've been so mutilated by a lot of articles. I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.

Rima: "Hey Shiki, won't you be my husband?"Shiki: "sure."Rima: "How rash..."Shiki: "Ehh? Why...? It means that you will be my friend and companion forever. What is there to ponder?

I love you beyond paint, beyond melodies, beyond words. And I hope you will always feel that, even when I'm not around to tell you so.

Invest in the future because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life.

Good communicators always articulate messages in a manner they want others to understand and not how they understand it

You know your mind is renewed when the impossible looks logical.

God's word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we'll never make it through.

Human survival is something that you can't see in another person; you can see if someone has that will to survive or that will to win; you can't see that, you can only watch that evolve over time.

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.

Remember: everyone you meet is fighting a mighty battle. Be kind. Be understanding.

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.