Work hard, be yourself, and have fun!.

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating..

I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go..

Skating is in my heart, not my head.

I needed to turn off the negative voice in my head - I was psyching myself out..

I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes..

You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes..

Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot ….

When I look at the kids training today... I can tell which ones are going to do well. It's not necessarily the ones who have the most natural talent….

What I love the most is getting on the ice and just popping in a fabulous CD and skating - all by myself, the rink completely empty, just me and the ….

It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth….

When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The Olympics, they don't de….

There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competitio….

Literally falling on the ice and having to pick yourself up in front of thousands of people is not an easy thing to do. The thing that you learn is t….

I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in yo….

The one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be..

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation.

If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich..

At 13, I was fearless. I looked at everything so positive. When you're older and been through it all, you know how bad it can get. There is a fear of….

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me k….