I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

Go out and lead the world

A friend is like a rope, you trust it until it snaps.

Cricket is baseball on Valium.

...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used.

You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.

Why don't we try falling in love first and then I'll see what happens after that?

Excuse the mess but we live here.

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.