To Be The World's Best,

In My Teen Years Leading Up To The Olympics, I Loved Having The Excuse To Skip Out On Parties Because Of Skating. Partying Wasnt My Thing Anyway. Mostly I Hung Out With Other Skaters. We Were All Buddies, So Its Not Like I Missed Out On Socializing. I Was Really Enjoying Myself.

If I'm On Skates, I Feel At Home No Matter What I'm Doing. If They Wanted Me To Sing And Dance I Think I Could Do It Just Becausei Was On Skates. When I'm Not On Skates, Though, I Feel Very Strange.

I Wouldn't Say That There's Ever Been An Olympic Champion That Didn't Deserve To Win An Olympic Gold Medal.

I Wanted To Learn How To Skate Backwards And They Wouldn't Help Me And They Went Off And Left Me On My Own.

My Mother Stopped Working When She Had My Brother. She Was A Full Time Mom Until I Started Getting Heavily Into Ice Skating Lessons, And It Got To The Point Where They Really Needed My Mom To Earn An Income.