I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.

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.

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

I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.

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

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman.