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.

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.

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 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.

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

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.