With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of your weight. It takes an enormous amount of strength, and you're in such a weird position.

Besides film, I'd like to be the young Regis. That would be great. Going back and forth from L.A. to New York. Doing stuff on food. Doing stuff on kids. Just talking about issues that are relevant. Doing things on the Olympic Games.

I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.

It's just a goatee. That sounds kind of weird. A soul patch? I don't know how 'soul' it is.

My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.

You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.

It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result.