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.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.