I got too far forward with my skates. I lost a lot of speed and almost went down.

I felt horrible. I didn't even make it to the banquet after. I almost always go to the banquet. It was definitely running me down.

My mantra has always been to have zero regrets in life. Everything I do at one speed, I go all-out.

Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.

My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business life and have my entertainment - TV - Hollywood - whatever have you - always compartmentalizing every aspect of my life.

I was really bothered by it. I grew up around many Asian cultures, Korean one of them. A lot of my best friends were Korean growing up. I just didn't understand. Later on I realized that was built up by certain people and that was directed at me, negative energy from other things, not even resulting around the sport, but around politics, using me to stand on the pedestal as the anti-American sentiment.