I am the only girl in the family so everyone pampered me.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

People like scandals.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

I realized that health is the most important thing and that all the other things come with time if you are devoted enough.

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

JACK: I will be back in a few moments, dear Canon. Gwendolen! Wait here for me!GWENDOLEN: If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.

Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab.

Nature is with us if we can learn how to align with it and not break the basic laws that generate life.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

The world doesn't want you to know. They want you to believe. But there is a big difference between believing and knowing. Should you believe in yourself or should you know yourself?