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.
Memories just get richer with time.
I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.
The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.