I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.