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

I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're competing. In an ideal situation, you'll have something where you'll put it on and you're fine and you don't have to worry about it at all.

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

Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

Everything that happened in '92 was more than I had dreamed of... winning the U.S. title for the first time and then doing so well at the Olympics... It seemed to wrap things up so perfectly. I couldn't help thinking, 'How could I top that?'

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