“When people look at figure skaters, they think of beauty and music. The guys' athletic prowess isn't as appreciated as much as the beauty of the girls.”
“I think the feeling is she should go. Why wouldn't you send someone of that caliber to the Olympics? It's Michelle Kwan. She's a legend. This is someone America loves.”
“I hate sitting down and getting a concept of a program with numbers in front of me ... rather than what the music tells you. If you want to do a swooping movement that's really glorious, you can't take the time to do it because you're losing points by wasting the time.”
“She was an ugly little duckling — she wasn't ugly but she was a little duckling with terrible costumes, dirty skates, awkward and no spirals. To see her turn into a rock star in skating... and make a transformation from a duckling into a swan, that was probably the most exciting thing about her.”
“He grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the greatest male dancers of all time have come out of. He has a way of moving and charisma about him that no one else can achieve.”
