I Had A Ninth Grade Teacher Who

I Was More Interested In Skating And The Girls And Traveling Than I Was In Calculus.

And The Fact That I Liked To Show Off And Be The Center Of Attention Really Lends Itself To Figure Skating Very Well.

I Had A Ninth Grade Teacher Who Told Me I Was Much Smarter And Much Better Than I Was Allowing Myself To Be.

That's What Makes The Ryder Cup In Golf So Much Better Than The Masters Or The U.s. Open. To Be A Part Of Something That Is Not About Personal Achievement, But About Representing Everyone And Sharing It With The Whole Country, It's Wonderful.

But I Never Really Thought That I Would Be Extraordinarily Successful At Skating, It's Just Something That Happened, You Know.