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

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

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.

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

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.

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.