Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

I don't want to leave.

There are many roads, there are many choices, but never forget to chose the road of peace and happiness.

Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you CHOSE your life, you didn’t SETTLE for it.

Doubt is not an offense. Questioning is a step toward understanding. I am riven by beauty. I am humbled by grace. I strive to be kind, but not because I was told to.

Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls need, in order to grow.

A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.

Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent.

Innovation has never come through bureaucracy and hierarchy. It's always come from individuals.

Truth may be unattainable, but honesty is not.