Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.
When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.
I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
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 skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.
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.
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.