When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
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.
Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.
I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.
It just comes kind of naturally to me to take something and try and make it relatable and interesting to someone who doesn't know everything about skating.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
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.
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.
When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.