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I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that's because I care for my skating very much. I take all my emotions with me. I can't go out and say 'Now, this is just my job.' I really care.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

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

The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well.

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.

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.

I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me.

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.