With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important.

I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.