Occupation: Figure Skater Birth: July 12, 1971
My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream..
I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks..
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom an….
As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're wa….
Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great ….
I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work..
Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life..
I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active..
I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who capture….
I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps ….
I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough..
I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals tha….
Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now..
Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enj….
Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole..
Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut..
One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it..
Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in b….
I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom..
Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years..
As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed..