I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

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.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

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

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

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.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.