I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.