If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or camera flashes or autograph seekers, but I'd still be skating.

A really important part of competition is coming back, trying to do it better the second time than you did the first.

When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great drama.

Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore.

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that Ive done after that is really because of the Olympics.

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.

Real love allows for failure and suffering.

Don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.

When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.

I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.

The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own.

If you put the work in, and you show that you're willing to work hard, you'll succeed.

You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

[My wife] has some investments and stuff.

When humans truly discover the power of love, it will prove more important than the harnessing of fire.

Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.