I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.

Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.

Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in between.

An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

The skaters a lot of times do their own hair and makeup before they compete. That was always kind of a ritual...that calming, quiet time where you can just do your hair and makeup. And then I would always lace up my right skate before my left one.

My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.