This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will ever attain. It's why an Olympic gold medal would not have made us love or admire her more.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

I think skating helped me find myself.