Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.

You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.

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.

You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed.

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.

Sports and politics don't mix.

I have a very close friendship with the skaters.