Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

The feeling of losing oneself in somebody's arms, yet at the same time finding oneself there, is irreplaceable. Nothing compares to the intensity of that feeling.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.