"Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport."

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

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

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

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

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