When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional.

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.