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As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.

They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

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 coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

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Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

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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.

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This experience has been once in a lifetime.

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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 enjoying it.

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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.

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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 and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

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I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

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