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 wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

To be the world's best, you have to beat the world's best.

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 think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it.

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.