One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.

I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.

Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.

I feel like I missed out on the regular high school social life, but that's the way I chose to be.

Wisdom is the best gift you can ever build. It gets you to unimagined heights and knowledge follows it.

Loud actions, small people, loud voice, small mouths, loud world, small minds.

Sometimes the hardest, bravest thing in the world is to let someone love you.

For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change.

I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them.

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

Barbie has always been an inspiration. Dressing her was part of ever girl's dream.

Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.