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.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

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.