KAETLYN OSMOND

I was such a goofy kid that, when I won things, people were like, 'Oh, when did that happen?'

Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses.

A dream can be what wakes you up in the morning and keeps you going every day, whether things are going great or not. You have that dream; you have that passion inside you that you keep pushing forward.

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

On the ice, I feel like I can become a different person, and the darker dramatics, the Black Swan, is confident: she's free to do whatever she wants, and that attitude helps in my skating. The White Swan is, I feel, more what I'm actually like off the ice: I'm a lot quieter, and if someone tells me to do something, I'll just do it.

I love teaching the younger skaters.

When I broke my leg, I never thought I'd ever be skating again let alone be standing on a world podium. I had to relearn how to skate, relearn how to even stand on one foot again. I had to relearn all my technique.

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

I aim to skate as clean as possible.

To pursue anything, you've got to have fun with it and to just never give up on it.

I love the classic side of skating, making it look like a full program and not just technical based.

I want each experience on the ice to be everything I have.

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to be just like her!

I need to motivate myself to work hard because only I can skate my program.

I never dreamt of the Olympics growing up. It's not something that I watched on TV; it's not something my parents ever talked about.

Ultimately, for me, weight is something I have to deal with every year, but I do it with food because I love food. But it's a struggle; it's something that I think about.

I don't have many hobbies outside of skating. But I do read, watch TV, play with my animals, and try to hang out with my friends every now and then.

Living in Edmonton feels so calm, but there is still so much to experience. I know I can find something to do if I want to have fun.

The way I balance life and skating is by enjoying the time I spend away from the rink. When I am not on the ice, I am not focusing on skating.

'Swan Lake' was my favourite piece of music when I was younger, and I never had a chance to skate to it.

Marystown, in Newfoundland, it's where began for me. It's where most of my family still lives and where a lot of my supporters are from.

When I saw the movie 'Black Swan,' I liked the darker aspect of it, the more dramatics, and that's what I like to do for my programs.

Nothing would have been accomplished if I didn't start in Newfoundland.

I knew my body could take the battle of everyday training and take the battle of falls and bending in ways that bodies really shouldn't bend.

I know sometimes in the off-season I have to motivate myself to get on the ice because I know there's so long until the competitions begin again.