When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that indeed I am a man.

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.

You only live once. Life is a show

I think it's a universal truth that most chefs I know are happiest eating simple, unadorned good things.

Be a witness, as I excersize my exorcism

Chopin was an invalid, as you know, but his music was volcanic.

To multiply your joy, count your blessings.

The Chicken Soup for the Soul books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches.

My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.

I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.

She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

There is no overacting, only untrue acting.