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" I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Always
Try
Me
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" I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Forward
Stand Up
Stand
" Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Nature
Falling
Down
" 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. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Sleep
Sometimes
Back
" I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Little
Dance
Ice
" Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Describe
Much
Skating
" But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me! "
Nancy Kerrigan
Myself
Breakfast
Love
" I do not have any pets. We travel too much. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Pets
Any
Much
" My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Since
Been
Life
" I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Paper
Things
Route
" I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Now
Sides
See
" One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Halloween
Show
Play
" It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Always
Skate
Paul
" It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Finding
Style
Process
" But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Alone
Week
Way
" 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! "
Nancy Kerrigan
Jumping
Like
Why
" People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Seeing
People
Sick
" Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Home
Family
Live
" I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Open
Years
Won
" My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Golfing
Crafts
Like
" It was never about winning medals or being famous. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Never
Medals
Famous
" Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Together
Me
Friends
" 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. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Always
Doing
People
" I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too! "
Nancy Kerrigan
Brothers
Year
Only
" And I love what I do and I love skating. "
Nancy Kerrigan
I Love
Skating
Love
" I started skating when I was six years old. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Started
Skating
Six
" My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Never
Said
Quit
" My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating. "
Nancy Kerrigan
Jobs
Worked
Skating