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.

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.

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

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.

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

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

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