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

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

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

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

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

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