There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

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

If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I think I could do it just becauseI was on skates. When I'm not on skates, though, I feel very strange.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

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

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