When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.
I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.