But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for m….

People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen..

My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for t….

Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's….

I started skating when I was six years old..

I do not have any pets. We travel too much..

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the ….

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start yo….

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open..

My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics..

I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing..

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!.

It was never about winning medals or being famous..

Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much..

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different..

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep..

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment..

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music..

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation..

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career..

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jum….