I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In high school and college, I was an athlete.
The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.
The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.
In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.
I don't know where my first gold medal is.
I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.
I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.