When it comes down to competition, its not always about the best skater, its about who skates the best in that competition.

Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.

I always start my breakfast out with oatmeal, because it's full of vitamin D, it's a great carb, and you can get, like, some fun flavors in there.

I always wear my evil eye necklace to ward off bad karma. I always wear one to protect me.

Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

Ive been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.

Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus.

My problem was that I had bad luck. And I spoke up when I saw something wrong. I did it because I could, without having to worry about the fallout lasting years. And yes, there was always fallout.

For some people, being mean to others is the point of their lives.

To know what one knows is frightening to live what one lives is soothing and though everybody likes to be frightened what they really have to have is soothing.

Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

The modern hero-deed must be that of questing to bring to light again the lost Atlantis of the co-ordinated Soul.

Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

In order to walk the path of the edge of the penknife the patience of the Saint Job is needed. In order to walk the path of the edge of the penknife the tenacity of the well tempered steel is needed.

I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.