I've always liked game shows - the competitive aspect and the character-driven personalities you see.

I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

My mantra has always been to have zero regrets in life. Everything I do at one speed, I go all-out.

A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.

I rolled the second car that I ever owned, a Toyota 4 Runner. This was winter in Colorado, two weeks before the 2002 Olympic trials. I was driving in the outside lane, and my rear tire caught some black ice, and we totally turned sideways to the point where we were heading right toward the median.

I think we should all be pursuing something of zero regrets, and how do we become greater than we were yesterday.

U.S. Speedskating has been riddled with problems since when I started my career, and we were always able to look past that. When it came down to performing on the ice, regardless of funding issues, we were always able to make it happen. And that's what it's all about.