I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

I will try to make a doll of Oksana with a little dog.

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

my mother will never leave me. We're together. She will always stay in my heart.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

Sometimes fear grips me that these fragile moments of life will fade away. It seems that I write against erasure.

The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking the Bible out of our schools.

You can't force a movie to happen. Movies happen when they're supposed to happen. Everything happens in God's time. I really believe that.

She brooded and bit her rich lips: my soul began its first sink into her, deep, heady, lost; like drowning in a witches' brew, Keltic, sorcerous, starlike.

I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

And I'll break, when I'm through breakin, I'll leave you broke, Drop the mic when I'm finished, and watch it smoke

God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.

Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair.