I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

To be the world's best, you have to beat the world's best.

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I think I could do it just becauseI was on skates. When I'm not on skates, though, I feel very strange.

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading.

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.

The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke

It doesn’t matter, ” said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. “Some things are worth the trouble.

I said I'm going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!

One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Do I feel famous? I feel more famous than I did 10 years ago, absolutely.

There is a growing consensus that the European systems have worked better than the American: They have been able to deliver better health care to more people at lower cost.

I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you." - Po

Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits.