I like fighting, but I hate hurting people.

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything.

People are gonna believe what they want to believe And like I said before, I really don't give a damn.

Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill.

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

If God has given us life, He is capable of any other thing.

Anything that comes easy comes wrong.

I studied poetry in college and for a year in an MFA program. As time went on, my poems got more and more complicated. What I was really trying to do was tell stories.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

By perfecting the practices of zazen and mindfulness, by learning patience and love and by realizing the essential emptiness of all phenomena, you will discover nirvana.

She was a large, disordered woman, like a child's drawing that didn't stay within the lines.

Instead of seeking to pinpoint blame, seek to understand cause.

Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It helps me out as I move from job to job.