There Were No Competitions On Television. The

I Was Just Ice Skating. I Had No Concept Of That. In Those Days You Couldn't See The Judges. I Was This Little Person On The Ice And They Were Just People That Would Stand Around The Boards.

I Hated To Read. My Mother Could Not Get Me To Read. I’m Going Through The Same Thing With My Daughter Now. I Love To Read Now, But I Don’t Remember Reading.

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.

You See The Fairy Tale - Four Minutes Of Glory At The Olympics. I Thought My Life Would Be Cake After That.