Occupation: Figure Skater Birth: July 12, 1971
Everything that happened in '92 was more than I had dreamed of... winning the U.S. title for the first time and then doing so well at the Olympics...….
There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible..
I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of th….
Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it..
The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville..
With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Prot….
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure..
Childhood reading is so important..
Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something pos….
I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want ….
The skaters a lot of times do their own hair and makeup before they compete. That was always kind of a ritual...that calming, quiet time where you ca….
I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work..
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….
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..
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..
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 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….
I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough..
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 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….
My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream..