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.

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

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.

I feel like I missed out on the regular high school social life, but that's the way I chose to be.

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

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