What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because the….

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….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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….

The only disability in life is a bad attitude..

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….

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges..

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

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..

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

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

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

Memories just get richer with time..

A bad attitude is the only true handicap..