The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

The only way to help someone is when you know they cannot return you back.Anything else is just business.

He had the compassion of a vivisectionist.

Make an enemy of certainty and befriend doubt. When you can change your mind, you can change anything.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

The best runners every year are those who race out way too fast.

That is my principal objection to life, I think: It's too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.

Oh, loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix.

The conflict with Hell cannot be maintained by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan.

It's pretty overwhelming to know that people can call up Moviefone and find out where it's playing.

We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is.