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

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.

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.

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

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

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.