"I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards."

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

"I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world."

"My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good."

"There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more money."

"Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried."

"One of the hallmarks of the sign of Aquarius is the campaign for justice. Everybody is my brother. Justice is very important to me."

"Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line."