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.

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so its not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.

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 hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading.

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

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