My First Car Was A Toyota 4runner

The Older I Get, The More And More I Notice I'm Like My Father. It's Funny, Because When I Was Younger I Tried To Just Back Away From My Father As Much As I Could, And Some Of The Philosophies, Some Of The Life Lessons, Some Of The Beliefs That He Had Within Me Are Always Constantly Ongoing, And They're Always Prevalent In My Life, Whether It's Trying To Be Every Single Thing That I Can Be In My Sport Or Life Or Relationship Or Business, Whatever Avenue I'm Pursuing.

I Think So Many Times We Focus So Much On Just The End Result When When We Finally Reach That Point We Realize That Was Never The True Goal. That Was Never Really What It Was All About.

I Love To Work Out And Really Enjoy The Outdoors. I Like To Immerse Myself With Sport-related Activities And Spending Quality Time With People. I Find People To Be Very Inspiring, And I Get A Lot Of Motivation From Listening And Interacting With Them, Sharing Stories And Similarities - And Differences - In Our Lives, And Learning From Each Other.

U.s. Speedskating Has Been Riddled With Problems Since When I Started My Career, And We Were Always Able To Look Past That. When It Came Down To Performing On The Ice, Regardless Of Funding Issues, We Were Always Able To Make It Happen. And That's What It's All About.

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.