It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

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.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

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