Professional competitions are overrated.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

I will try to make a doll of Oksana with a little dog.

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

my mother will never leave me. We're together. She will always stay in my heart.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

If your library is not "unsafe, " it probably isn't doing its job.

Wonderful things happen due to positive beliefs and good karma. Change your mind set to earn good karma and to make your life beautiful.

Graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.

Jesus said "love," "forgive," have "compassion" and "don't judge." Buddha said "observe," "be silent," and "serve."

I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I bid my sails search and search.

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story

I used to think that great art happened without argument, and maybe that’s not the case. Maybe the things that are most important in this life, you have to fight for.

A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.

Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.

I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.