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"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."
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"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."
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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."
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"Bad things bring out the real you, the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort."
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"In an emergency, one often learns that one's companions can be of even less help in extraordinary circumstances than they are during an average evening."
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"Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her."
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"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."
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"There is no education like adversity."
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"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."
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"Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are."
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"I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing."
Ego
"I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know."
Want
"Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody."
Sports
"I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have."
Education
"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 where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well."
Criticism
"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 Olympics, it can undermine your confidence."
Confidence
"I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates."
Sports
"The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded."
Honesty
"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
Attitude
"When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review."
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