The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.

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.

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

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.

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.