"I was somehow able to block it out and pull myself together for the rest of the program. But it just wasn't my night."

"Watching the Chinese pairs, I said, 'Wow – that's real strength."

"I've been training very hard and very well, ... I've been nailing 99 percent of what I do in practice. That gave me the confidence to do this. I expected to skate well."

"It is a little empty without her here but I have my own things to worry about."

"My big weaknesses (in the past) have been a lack of preparation, a lack of knowledge and perhaps not enough confidence and afraid of mistakes. I need to stop trying to be perfect and just worry about becoming better."

"I think it was a gift. For that performance, silver is generous."

"It's bittersweet. I tried hard, I have no regrets. For that performance, silver is generous."

"My mom and her parents had to leave because her brother had left a couple of years before and the government was really upset. They took away both my grandparents' jobs, so they couldn't make a living. They had to sell all their things. They weren't allowed to take more than $500 out of the country."

"It feels a little weird without Michelle. Just me and all these little girls."