People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.
I've always learned when you win a game, no matter what the stats look like, you have to enjoy the victories because they are hard to come by.
I don't really ever worry about what anyone else does and I certainly don't worry about what anyone else says about me.
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
We don't get groupies, well I don't see them, anyway. That was something that I always looked forward to and am constantly disappointed by the lack of!
Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.
I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
Fear is a bird that refuses to fly, and each time she neglects to use her wings, she consents to the slow death of her destiny.
When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.
As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football.
I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.
People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?
I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there.
I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country.
If we really wanted to be cool, and everyone in the world had Pro Tools, we could just put it up on the internet and everyone could make their own record out of it.
Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.
