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I didn't get into skating to be famous.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

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

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 was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

If I give up my career as a skater simply because I fear I won't show my best performance, I would be really sorry later in life.

I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

I'm a speed skater. That's who I am, in my heart.

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.

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.