Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.

Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.

I feel like I missed out on the regular high school social life, but that's the way I chose to be.

When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal challenge.

You needn't be afraid of life! Life is so good when you do something that is good and just.

The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have.

My parents tried so hard to do what they could to keep us in school, but school didn't last but four months out of the year and most of the time we didn't have clothes to wear.

My faith has always been important to me. It defines who I am.

specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.

Advertising has always been a huge unrecognised source of outdoor relief for the arts.

I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that.

Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.