The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.