She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings.

To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to cheer, it pulls the emotions out of people.

Tara (Lipinski) got out there like a bat out of hell and skated her guts out. Michelle skated very well, but she skated conservatively. She skated great, just not fantastic. That was the difference.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Thank ye."“For what?"“For bein’ who ye are."Gabby chuckled and shook her head, saying, “And who else could I be?

A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat

The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer.

The one thing you learn as you get older is that the body will do what the body wants. All you can do is try to guide it a little.

For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

The way to happiness is much, much easier to travel with people one can trust.

I get to meet different directors and different people.

The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy.