When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.
I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.
I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.
But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.
I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.
So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.
Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.
I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.
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