"I had my best performance today. It was great and the most important thing for me."

"I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen."

"I'm a bit disappointed in my skating, because I was prepared for this competition. That's competition. It's pressure all the time."

"Maybe somebody is thinking I'm a favorite, but it's the Olympic Games and you never know who can win."

"The other girls are so young, ... They're not our generation."

"I won't think about anything. I am just happy with the medal."

"I like all parts of the music, ... When I was on ice, I felt like I am a flamenco dancer."

"I love this pressure. It is not interesting when nobody skates well. I like it when the atmosphere is really competitive like tonight."

"I felt so bad yesterday. Today I felt better, much more comfortable. You could see it in the practice."

"I'm so surprised, and I can't find any words for it."

"She's a really, really smart woman. She understands skating, and she understands me. She knows which way to push, which way to rest."

"It was a good performance and I did everything I wanted to do."

"When I see all the small girls and all the experience I have, that explains the difference in the scores."

"It was a good beginning."

"For me this competition is not really important. It is just another step in going to Turin."

"It?s competition. I don?t want to tell you what I?m thinking."

"You will never know what will happen in the competition, but I will try to do it."

"It was a big disappointment. But it's life. It's competition. Things happen. This has happened; there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm happy to have a medal."

"That's competition. It's pressure all the time. You never know what can happen. I'm just happy what I got. There are some girls who came and competed and got 18th and 20th places. I'm happy I have something."

"It's competition. I don't want to tell you what I'm thinking."

"I am happy. I skated well. This is a competition and sometimes things don't go as you'd like them to."