What’s the point of doing anything if it’s easy? It’s so much more valuable when a challenge has to be overcome.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
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.
Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we’re not America’s sweetheart.
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.
The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn’t pick me to play baseball.
Everything that I’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.
I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don’t want to get a bad review.
I graduated a the top of my class in the ’84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.