Skaters are infamously superstitious.

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.

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

When Im competing, I need to be strong.

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

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.

No other version, no matter how perfect it is, would ever feel better than being your true self.

Sometimes, I present myself as an expert and talk non-sense. To be honest, passing out hugs is far better than passing judgements. TRY THIS!

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

...that is our calling: to show that there is a reality in personal relationship, and not just words about it.

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

We referenced fictional characters as if they were people to learn from. As if real-life people were too nebulous, too private and unreal for us to understand.

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.

You can't act like you care about someone but not let them care about you.

The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.