It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

Health and happiness are interconnected.

Developing your blog is a balancing act between appeasing current readers and reaching out to new ones.

If you repeat something enough times, you will learn it. That's how it works!

Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.

Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams?

Improving your process won't move you from good to great design. It'll move you from bad to average.

This time, there were no drugs involved. The hours were completely normal daytime hours. I think we were able to appreciate the interplay, where before we had taken it for granted.

My mind... It's who I am. I think I'd rather suffer any other injury in the world than have my mind tampered with.

The most important thing is not victory, the most important thing is don't get defeated.

It is supposable that, in the eyes of angels, a struggle down a dark lane and a battle of Leipsic differ in nothing but excess of wickedness.