I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal..

Memories just get richer with time..

A bad attitude is the only true handicap..

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 Oly….

The only disability in life is a bad attitude..

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

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..

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus..

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big..

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..

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

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 y….

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 ….

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

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart..

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

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

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

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges..

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

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well..