Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

Memories just get richer with time.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

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

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.