It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.

O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

For a thorough understanding of rowing, for the what, the how and the why, the books making up Peter Mallory’s The Sport of Rowing certainly do it all.

Where could I go but to the Lord?

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.

Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child.

...what we need is action - action!

Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.