When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.
Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.
I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.
Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.
Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.
And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.
As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I just enjoyed doing it.
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