Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.

People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.