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I dreamed of being a professional skater once. I wanted to be a Korean Olympic skater, but I wasn't good enough, so I quit.

When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

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

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

When I was young, many people didn't know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought of it as dancing on ice. But, as I entered international competitions and got good results, many people got to know more about it and came to cheer for me.

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.

When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competitions I did for inline skating.