When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

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.

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

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

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

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