What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

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.

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.

But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

It is better to pray with a pure heart before the family altar than to perform gaudy ceremonies in a pagoda, clad in the robes of an unworthy bonze.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

Shame without repentance doesn’t lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.

Take chance standout. You can only have your head above waters if you stick your neck out a bit. It's time to take off... Dare to rise!

Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is not a situation in life where there isn't a hymn and a Scripture to meet the need. I'm thankful for the Word of God, and I praise Him for the privilege of still being able to memorize.

To be defeated and yet not surrender, this is victory.

Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?