Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

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.

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.

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.

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.

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