I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

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.

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

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.