She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything.

People are gonna believe what they want to believe And like I said before, I really don't give a damn.

I like fighting, but I hate hurting people.

Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill.

I know it sounds so simple but Love Is All There Is.

But you know what they say - old milk turns sour but old scores just get sweeter.

It is better to be with animalandia friends, rather than those perfectly imperfect persons.

Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.

There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.

Sometimes you just have to go and make a mess of things to get people to pay attention.

Learn to detest things that do not allow you to be yourself, and embrace things that make that self larger, more thrilling, and voluptuous.