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I don't know where my first gold medal is.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.

I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

It would be pretty special if I could win two Olympic gold medals, one at the Summer Games and one from the Winters, so I'm going to give it a real go.