I Think We Should All Be Pursuing

My Father Is 100% Japanese And Came To The United States When He Was Only 18 Years Old. My Grandmother Still Resides In Japan, Which Has Allowed Me To Travel To The Roots Of My Ancestors With My Father.

I Know Exactly What I'm Doing On The Ice, And I'm In My Element.

With Speed Skating, It's Like Doing One-legged Squats Over And Over Again, With That One Leg Absorbing More Than 80 Percent Of Your Weight. It Takes An Enormous Amount Of Strength, And You're In Such A Weird Position.

I Never Had One Day That I Didn't Want To Be On The Ice, Because I Always Had An Objective For That Day. I Had A Rigorous Plan And Schedule In Place That I Had To Adhere To. It Was A Step-by-step Process Of Slowly But Surely Inching Toward The Olympic Games And Using Every Day As A Series Of Goals To Be Accomplished.

Winning Does Not Always Mean Coming In First...real Victory Is In Arriving At The Finish Line With No Regrets Because You Know You've Gone All Out.