That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.

One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.

There is a popular fallacy that falling down is the mark of a poor skater. But the truth is that when one stops falling, he has probably stopped improving.

Failure is usually boring. It is the credible but unrealized threat of failure that is interesting.

What have you done for science today? Stop doing things for God! He doesn't need anything. Do something for science, for God's sake!

It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it.

I read everyday, because reading takes me away, away to a place where nothing is impossible.

Fellowship with God means warfare with the world.

My life's accomplishments? Sanity, and you.

Ah, yes! I wrote the "Purple Cow" - I'm sorry, now, I wrote it! But I can tell you anyhow, I'll kill you if you quote it!

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly anymore, but you still love them and keep in touch.

Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".