But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team now. Being a doctor is about working with nurses, therapists, anesthesiologists, and I've learned more about team play being a doctor than when I was in sports.

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.