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I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.

I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating.

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

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.

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

I competitively ice skate, and I also dance, and I do a lot of theater, which also involves a lot, a lot of physicality, because you have to do a lot of fast changes.

Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training.

I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.

And I love what I do and I love skating.