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"I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus."
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"A child has an ingrained fancy for coal, not for the gross materialistic reason that it builds up fires by which we cook and are warmed, but for the infinitely nobler and more abstract reason that it blacks his fingers."

"Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people."

"Children can create fun out of nothing and when this great talent is lost you become a boring creature which is called adult!"

"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."

"Only children believe they're capable of everything."
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"I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true."


"What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life."


"Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned."
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