My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

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

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

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

I started skating when I was six years old.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.