If you're a public relations person, any press is good press. It certainly brings more to the story than just skating laps and who's winning a gold medal.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.

I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.