It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.

The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.

I am very competitive, so when I fail I use what I learned from that mishap to fuel success.

Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.

Getting through a workout is just very fulfilling. That 'Ah, I didn't want to do it but I did it and now I feel 10 times better.'

I believe in myself and in Saint Therese.

The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.

As long as I leave my frustration behind, I know I am moving toward my goal again.

I love working out and when I'm home. I love the feeling of walking out of a class. That's just an addictive feeling for me.

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

Let go of the past and cling to the future.

When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This helps you take the job seriously and do your best on everything you write.

The questions we don’t ask become the puzzles we don’t solve.

You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that's enough for me.

Accept that you are that - you are the matchless, eternal reality. That's true seeing, true humility.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance.

This session of Congress is also to relieve the farmer again, relieve him of any encouragement that he might have received during the last one.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.