I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving - is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as I don't have a sponsor or financial help from my federation.

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.