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But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

When I was young, many people didn't know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought of it as dancing on ice. But, as I entered international competitions and got good results, many people got to know more about it and came to cheer for me.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

I never wanted to be famous.

There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.

I don't do ski racing to be famous.