I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling Stones a lot!

I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me.

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

Also, I gained lots of weight between ages 18-20 because I was drinking alcohol at night. Alcohol has lots of calories and that does not help.

I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.