I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

All the physical comes from the mental.

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

The struggle I went through has value.

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got.

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

I don't consider myself a pariah.

For me, bondage makes me feel powerless and annoyed. It's like, can you untie me?

If we immerse ourselves in the ultimate good, we will have this silly smile on our face or perhaps just inside our hearts. That is what illumination is.

No one who really wants to count for God can afford to play at Christianity.

Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

One decision can change your life forever.