All the physical comes from the mental.

- Clara Hughes

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

- Clara Hughes

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

- Clara Hughes

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's…

- Clara Hughes

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice.

- Clara Hughes

I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought…

- Clara Hughes

The struggle I went through has value.

- Clara Hughes

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

- Clara Hughes

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

- Clara Hughes