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

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

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create somethi….

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

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing..

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 want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more..

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

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball..

The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time..

I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience..

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport..

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible..

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

The feeling of losing oneself in somebody's arms, yet at the same time finding oneself there, is irreplaceable. Nothing compares to the intensity of ….

I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it..

When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about i….

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

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..

I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back..