I Hated To Read. My Mother Could

I Always Had The Sense That Nothing Was Never Good Enough - Striving For Perfection. My Mother And I Had A Sort Of Typical Mother-daughter Relationship.

Our Family Life, Before Figure Skating Turned It Upside Down, Seemed Normal. Our Town Of Riverside, Connecticut, Was Part Of Greenwich, And We Had The Advantage Of Their Wonderful Community, With Great Beaches And Beautiful Parks.

It's Different Today Than It Was Then. In Those Days We Were Strictly Amateurs. If I Had Wanted To Stay In For The '80 Olympics, My Parents Couldn't Have Afforded It.

I Worked As Hard As I Could. I Was Always The First One On The Ice, And The Last One Off.

There Were No Competitions On Television. The First Skating Competition I Ever Remember Seeing On Television Was The 1968 Olympics When Peggy Fleming Won.