I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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.
I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me something that made me feel good, and it was music, and it was peaceful, and not a lot of the other stresses of life.
Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.
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.
When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.
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.
It just comes kind of naturally to me to take something and try and make it relatable and interesting to someone who doesn't know everything about skating.
I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.
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