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.

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

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

For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

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.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

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.