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

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.

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

Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

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?'

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

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