Where I'm coming from is that nothing I do is from a sense of obligation.
The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
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.
Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
If you travel in countries like Morocco, and I say that because I have just come from Morocco, if people are shouting at each other in an argument, violence is not going to follow. That would be just so far removed.
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I'm a great believer in outlines.
I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a new evangelization. . . No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.