Was Sochi a bittersweet moment for you with Yuzuru’s gold and Javi’s 4th place?
To have students at the Olympics is awesome. We were in the kiss and cry area, but Yuzuru did not have his best skate and we had to wait for the results. And then Patrick Chan did not have his best skate either, so Yuzuru won. He was the best the whole week; there is no question about that. He was the best and finished the week as an Olympic champion. Now is a special moment for him and he is happy. So he wants to go to Worlds and skate again, to focus on the long program. It was bitter with Javi. There was a technical problem; he made a bad decision in the free program. As much as you try to understand the rules, it’s still confusing and there are many variables. If the quad toe is a triple and you have many triple toes, and the Salchow, combinations, many things and it was confusing for him. Unfortunately the 3rd best skater came 4th. I was really proud of both these guys. They stayed in Sochi and performed in the gala, were practicing one week there and came back to Toronto. Yuzuru went to Japan to do the media celebration and it was exciting. But the last ten days, they will both be in Toronto and work hard. They still have some energy left. I know as a skater how difficult is to prepare for Worlds after the Olympics.
Was it difficult for you to be at the Olympics with these 2 guys and their main rivals that came from Canada?
I’m happy if the best person wins, the best skater. If the best man wins it’s ok, whether it’s Patrick, or Yuzuru or Javi. I’m just doing my job. I have been asked by these skaters and their federations to work with them and that’s my job. And I don’t have invitations from Canadian athletes. I only have Nam.
All of your guys – Yuzuru, Javi and Nam have something special about them. Can you describe it?
It’s difficult to put it in words. Any Olympic or World champion must have something special. Yuzuru and Javi are so different. Yuzuru lives with his mother, they have very strict disciplined routines and he is still in school; for them education is very important. He keeps to himself, he is not very social. Javier is the opposite. He lives alone; he has an apartment, a girlfriend. He cooks for himself, he cleans for himself and he is quite social. It works for him. The Japanese culture is different than the Spanish. My job is easy because they help each other; they admire and respect each other. Who can ask for more? Me as a coach just have to be careful and read their body language. I’m available for both. Sometime I feel I need to spend more time with Javi, sometimes with Yuzuru. And they understand that.
We used to always see Yuzuru with his Winnie the Pooh tissue box, Javi has Mickey Mouse. What is the story behind the toys?
I don’t know! I know that Yuzuru is very, very superstitious, and I believe it’s part of the superstition. However it was not with him at the Olympics and I didn’t ask, I just let it go.
Will we see a different Javi and Yuzuru next season? Do you plan to change their style?
Yeah. We will get to use vocals. We already chose the music for Javi’s short program, for the free we will see. It’s always easy for him to find music. Yuzuru is different. We are trying to get him out of the comfort zone because I don’t want him to be stereotyped. He is too young for that. We have kept his short program for 2 seasons and must change it now. We will also experiment with the free.
And even though it looks perfect from a distance, it is very likely that you will find something like a little mole, spot, acne or other. But, that boy!! Someone said even the God uses Photoshop. I may believe that. 
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And she appeared respectful of Yuzuru's personal space. 
the living proof if running around, skating, jumping and looking ridiculously smooth at the same time
) and Yuzu said he wanted to return to Toronto and practice his quad Salkow 
