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

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

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'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing.

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

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.