The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.

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.

We didn't feel so good when we took our son to college and saw a sign on the liquor store - Back to School Sale.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.

A man in the house is worth two in the street.

United won't fall asleep against Liverpool. They'll win it in their sleep

Every day is Christmas Day to a dog.

When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win.

I'm very hard to catch," says Rue. "And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots.