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" As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching. "
People
Enjoy
Professional
" As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed. "
Just
Thing
Wanted
" At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet. "
Shy
Freedom
Me
" Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended. "
Room
Sitting
Left
" Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. "
You
Body
Pressure
" Childhood reading is so important. "
Important
Childhood
Reading
" Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut. "
Haircut
Talent
Personality
" Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. "
Perceptions
Hockey
Players
" Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. "
Advice
Great
Growing Up
" Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support. "
Dreams
Support
Own
" I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate. "
Work
Start
Goals
" I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. "
Skating
Mom
Myself
" I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks. "
Someone
Marks
Else
" I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully. "
People
Someone
You
" I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport. "
Mind
Think
Men
" I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work. "
Try
Work
Endurance
" I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it. "
Adversity
Goals
Past
" I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active. "
Looking
Motivated
Stay
" I'm a perfectionist. "
Perfectionist
" I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am. "
I Am
Home
Like
" I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough. "
Enough
Feel
Hard
" In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group. "
My Life
Gold
You
" I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're competing. In an ideal situation, you'll have something where you'll put it on and you're fine and you don't have to worry about it at all. "
Worry
Mind
Comfort
" I've had a lot more fun with the training. "
Training
Had
More
" I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids. "
Life
Mom
Take Care
" My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream. "
Impossible
Experience
Winter
" Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole. "
Mother
My Own
I Am
" One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. "
No Regrets
Life
Try
" Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in between. "
Having
Legs
Out
" Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. "
Support
Trying
Parents
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