The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

I think skating helped me find myself.