I don't care how much you're working out; when you go to put on that bikini, you're like, 'Oh no!'
Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.
People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you.
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir.
I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind of loneliness.
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.
Someday find my son...tell him about how things can be between men on this Earth." --A Letter to Jesse Owens
I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.
For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.
I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.
There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition.
I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go.
You're in the gym eight hours a day; you're not preparing for cameras and running around and doing tour stops and making acting appearances.
I just know that all my fans who are with me and going along for the ride, that's what means the most to me.
Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.
After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'
There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'
