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’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 declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open.

I have two hands. I can hold two medals.

Being broken open by the storm is your only hope.

I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.

Theres nothing to fear but fears themselves, such as monsters, rejection, food poisoning, redundancy, monsters, and oxford commas.

Regardless of whether we are required to purchase medical insurance, know that we can only buy real health insurance in the produce section of the local supermarket.

From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to get what you want and move forward in life.

Under the gold standard gold is money and money is gold. It is immaterial whether or not the laws assign legal tender quality only to gold coins minted by the government.

We should walk together, work together and progress together. We should move ahead with this mantra.

How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we wish, but us?

The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.