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Working in Korea with the talent and staff there was very eye-opening. I was in awe of everyone's talent, passion, and love for the process.

For an athlete myself, it is especially meaningful for our country to host an Olympics. Every athlete hopes to participate in an Olympics, so I still can't believe the games of dreams is going to take place in Korea.

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

I felt really happy to be able to film together with Korea's most beautiful actress. Everyone thinks it's because of her outward appearance that Song Hye-kyo became famous, but after working together, I realized her inner heart and personality are also good. Moreover, she has lots of acting experience, and I actually did learn a lot from her.

The popularity of figure skating has increased tremendously, and Koreans have a huge interest in figure skaters - not only me, other international skaters as well.

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

Korean cinema is very improvisational, and there is a unique power that stems from this.

Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows.

There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can say that Korean artists are really dynamic artists, so I am going to show that from now on.