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.

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

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.

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

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

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for