To Be The World's Best, You Have

I Wouldn't Say That There's Ever Been An Olympic Champion That Didn't Deserve To Win An Olympic Gold Medal.

In Group Lesson Number Six I Think We Learned How To Turn Backwards And Then Just Kind Of Wiggle. That Wasn't Really Skating Backward, But I Guess I Was Going In The Right Direction.

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

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.

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.