My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

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.

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison.

Always remember... Perfection is not attainable, but if you chase perfection you can catch excellence and beyond. Be fearless...

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch.

Football changes and so do people.

I'm tired of fighting...

We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in these dark times

Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.

Life is brief. Always act out of love, never fear.

All millionaires love a baked apple.

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.