I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.

I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.

I have a very close friendship with the skaters.

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

I really liked it best when I was a nobody.

You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.

I didn't get into skating to be famous.

I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.

One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.

You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed.

Sports and politics don't mix.

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.

Pay off your mortgage before retirement, and that's one less bill you'll have to worry about when you're on a fixed income.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

I'm a dreadful romantic. No matter what I go through in life, I want to fall in love with a man.

I don't buy things now, I buy plane tickets. The only thing I want is to make enough money to be able to travel with my children.

Research is about following the gleam into the dark. It's also about being sensitive enough to know which fact is "the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders," as opposed to the fact that deadens and kills a delicate new project.

It is important that we women use our position as a platform to influence for good.

I don't know if I can say exactly what I seek in books, but one of them would be to deepen and expand my understanding of the world.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

In 'Robin Hood,' I did quarterstaff fighting.

My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you'd want to be treated if you were in that situation. They're still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

Debates, I hate.

Letting the tundra melt is the equivalent to burning all of the forests in all of the world and their roots two and a half times over.

I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I probably shared.

The power of incumbency cannot be underestimated.

My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.

Life is a journey lets enjoy it seeing some exciting things and having fun along the way.

You might be a redneck if you look upon a family reunion as a chance to meet Ms. Right.

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media.

You dont get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.

I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just feel what kind of track it is. If it's pain... you can feel it. It sets the mood.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.