And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

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

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

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

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.