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

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

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.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.

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

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.