Fumie Suguri Quotations

Going through the rough waters of the selection process makes us stronger. I hope to use this experience to do well in Turin.

I think the Japanese women are competing against each other now, and that is driving our level higher and higher.

It doesn't feel like a new year at all after I had to go through all that stuff (in the qualifying process).

I still think there is room for improvement. I want to skate better and better each time.

We pledge to do our best to win medals while making efforts to deepen exchanges with athletes of other countries and contribute to world peace.

Unfortunately, I cannot stand on the podium. That means that God showed me to work harder for the next time.

Every day I pray for one of my teammates to win a medal. But I think there is more pressure on the officials and coaches than on me. The only thing I need to do is skate my best.

I skated almost like 100 percent. But unfortunately I'm not on the podium. It's difficult.

A lot of things have happened this season. I have managed to get myself into gear but I am always aiming for the very top so I am not satisfied with this result.

I treated the last Olympics as a big international event. This time I want to treat it as a place to express myself. I want to show what I have, to entertain rather than just compete.

I want to move a lot of peoples' hearts with my skating.

I hope that my program will really match the Olympic slogan of passion lives here. I would like to be able to express that.

I had a jump mistake, but my skate was better than qualifying. My skating skills were better, with higher points.

This is my eighth Worlds and she is 16 and I am almost 26. I feel young but compared to her I feel old.