I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.

I think skating helped me find myself.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul

I have met the devil - he is not!

Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment. Everything is linked together.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity.

We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.

The Commission on Presidential Debates must be replaced if we want to have a democracy in this country.

The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.

Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.

Well, Columbus wasn't looking for America, my man, but that turned out to be pretty okay for everyone.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.