When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.