When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

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.

CRM is rather boring in itself. It's the fortunes you can build using CRM that makes it so interesting.

Diligence is the mother of good luck and God gives all things to industry.

The impending teacher shortage is the most critical education issue we will face in the next decade.

I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for food.

The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.

To me, photography is not just a visual art, but something closer to poetry - or at least to some poetry, such as the haiku.

Michael Jackson has a new baby boy; no word yet who the father is.

No moral value is greater than humanity.

I've had horror movies thrown at me and I just don't want to do any because violence isn't really good for society.

The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.