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I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

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.

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.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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.