Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

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

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

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

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.

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.