Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.

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.

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

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.

Wherever you are—be there.

Every day is a part of life, so make it special.

The business of lying is transacted in the abode of the gullible.

The Mind may relish the companionship of bloated self-pride - but the Soul, will not.

Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .

I can only speak for myself - I don't care how I look.

The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.

Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth.

I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.