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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.
Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.
I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.
I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.
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.
Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.
The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.
Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.
you always have to keep things fun. if you don't, no matter how many awards you win or how much money you make, you will never be happy.
Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.
I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.
Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.
I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.
I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing.
I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.
Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.
I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
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.
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.
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.
Have you ever stopped for a minute to think about how many things had to go wrong in your life for you to end up exactly where you are?
The path to victory is the path you're on. It becomes a path to victory the moment you decide it does.
That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.