It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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.
My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
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.
One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.
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.
Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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.
My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.