Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet.

I love hanging out with friends and family.

I havent mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.

When Im competing, I need to be strong.

I really believe that women who are confident in their natural beauty are the most beautiful

Skaters are infamously superstitious.

From a young age, I was viciously competitive.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

Your soul is bigger than your programming.

Never wish to be somebody. You never know what they are made up of.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Lo, sleep is good, better is death--in sooth The best of all were never to be born.

Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.

We are now able to very slightly and subtly reshape the solar system in order to enhance human survival.

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?