Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

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

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 Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.

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.

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

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.