I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

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.

I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.

My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.