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.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

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

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

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

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.

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.