It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.

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.

There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

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

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.