The Olympics must be my curse or something.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I am the only girl in the family so everyone pampered me.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

People like scandals.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

I realized that health is the most important thing and that all the other things come with time if you are devoted enough.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

My dad told me that God allows people to make their own choices and doesn’t override their free will. That is why bad things happen. People don’t do the things they should.

Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, making way for the new. But behind this, there is always my love.

Seeing a film at the cinema, or a DVD or whatever at home, your brain is really receptive to not only whether the script's working, or if the actors are acting well, but also the colours.

Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

When I'm not working, I'm definitely a no-makeup girl. The most I ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush.

Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth.

Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.