I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life

I feel like I missed out on the regular high school social life, but that's the way I chose to be.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.

I'm vicious. I can be nice off the ice, but on the ice, that's not where it's time to make friends.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event.

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

The thought of having the expectations of the whole country on my shoulders worried and unnerved me.

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.

I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it happen.

I am happy. I skated well. This is a competition and sometimes things don't go as you'd like them to.

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

Many people talk about winning two straight gold medals, but I'm not focusing on defending the title.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

I'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.

I'm a tough person. I wasn't afraid of other kids because I understood that someday they'd wash my car.

What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you're trying to come up with a costume design.

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.

You can't go to college and develop into an Olympics champion. It takes too much time, too much training.

I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole.

I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

I dont really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

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