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

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

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 they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

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.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

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