Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.

But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!

People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.