I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open.

I’m already happy with who I am. My job is just to get on the podium.

I did not want to be a Champion growing up, just a fast skater.

I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish, but to carry the flag of your country is doubly thrilling.

I have two hands. I can hold two medals.

Stop wasting any more time looking outside of 'you' for what is not there. Look within and you will find the treasure you seek.

With time, the hurt would begin to fade away, but not the memories.

Name your intention.

Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.

Be true to yourself, know that your are more than your face and body, and keep God first.

She was up and down—from fire and brimstone to smoke and ashes.

There is nothing god cannot do.

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never be bad enough to despair.