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 positive in their lives: support.
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 toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.
My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.
I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am.
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 watching.
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 to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids.
This experience has been once in a lifetime.
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 captures your heart, hopefully.
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 that are more immediate.
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.
They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.
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.
I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.
I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.
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 between.
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 the glamour of our sport.
As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.
I've had a lot more fun with the training.
