Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

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

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

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

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life