When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

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.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

She said, “Only the weak are afraid to appear so.

Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things.

We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions.

A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.

One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind.

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

I feel like I'm getting to be a better driver every day.

My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.

The American public is somewhat ambivalent about what they expect out of thenational forest.

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.