Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the World.

A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron.

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them.

I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice.

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

I'd like to cause a little riot in skating.

Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life

Unfortunately, 'post racism' is also a myth, like unicorns and black people who survive to the end of a horror movie.

Not every problem can be solved by you trying to get yourself killed.

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.

What's important is self-appreciation

It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement,in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.

Apologies aren't something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror

Everything I do in investment is just very different.

That wasn't me. I'm not a morning person. There's another person inside of me that does all the morning things.