But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
From Scott Hamilton
I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.
I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.
And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.
I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.
I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
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