It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.

And I love what I do and I love skating.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.

Don't aim to be a perfect being

If you want to be regarded as a valuer of life, then first value time.

Writing is something I do everyday. If I waited for inspiration, I’d never get anything done.

Play hard to get. You should be.

I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

I think it's tacky to have chains that go all the way down to your crotch.

I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.