To Be The World's Best, You Have

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.

My Mother Stopped Working When She Had My Brother. She Was A Full Time Mom Until I Started Getting Heavily Into Ice Skating Lessons, And It Got To The Point Where They Really Needed My Mom To Earn An Income.

I Was Passionate. I Found Something That I Loved. I Could Be All Alone In A Big Old Skating Rink And Nobody Could Get Near Me And I Didn't Have To Talk To Anybody Because Of My Shyness. It Was Great. I Was In My Fantasy World.

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.