There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible.

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible.

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it.

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.

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

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.