My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.

I wanted to be a doctor since I was five.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.