I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.

I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

People really do spend a lot of money on their pets - sometimes more then themselves.

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.

I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

I will try to make a doll of Oksana with a little dog.

I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

Professional competitions are overrated.

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

New links must be forged as old ones rust.

I love sending stuff to Usher because it always sounds better than me.

I'm definitely a writer. I don't even know how to freestyle.

I'm not trying to change an image, I'm just trying to make sure that the facts match the image. The facts are basically that I'm a builder. I have not dissembled any company nor split up any companies, nor do I ever buy any companies with that intent.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Dont feel guilty about driving somewhere nice to run. If people can drive to a park to eat hot dogs you can drive there to run.

Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But in the real world that isn't the choice.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is meant.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

I don't know Sally Jenkins. I've met her once. I wouldn't know her in an elevator.

The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not.

Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.

I've puzzled over the difficulty that students have with editing, and I think I've identified its source: It's their self-talk. We all talk to ourselves, inside our heads. That's what consciousness is.

No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.