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When it comes down to competition, it's not always about the best skater, it's about who skates the best in that competition.

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.

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

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying to imitate their stride and their stance. It's like having the world's greatest training wheels.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.