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

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship.

In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction.

I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice, and the last one off.

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.