I think everybody has ups and downs in their lives. We learn from the biggest disappointments, right? You learn how to be humble to yourself and to be humble to others.

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

I'm determined to go right to the end to find justice. Of course I am not happy, I feel very bitter and disappointed.

I could sit here in the tribunes and watch Michelle Kwan skate for hours.

I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and spend more energy. I feel lucky that I was born with this passion.

And, in the endThe love you takeis equal to the love you make.

Your birth filled your parents with joy, your universe with love, and your soul with the flowers of hope. May those flowers of hope bloom with the fragrance of endless success.

Asking questions is an essential daily habit, because your experiences are often in proportion to the questions you ask.

All great religions hold the power to enslave & the power to enlighten...

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

The Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing.

I try to learn the most I can from every mistake.

A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.

A peaceful mind generates power.

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.