I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

I want to be a skater.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.