I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!

And I love what I do and I love skating.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting you were wrong. It’s hard to say you need to be forgiven.

Love is a friendship set to music.

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.

Marriage is not a game for the young.

In deep meditation we see nothing but purity.

Reality itself is too twisted.

It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

The Administration of the United States is such dread I almost feel paralyzed.