Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

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

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

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

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