I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

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

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

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

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

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.

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