When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.

Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back.

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.