I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.
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.
I started skating when I was six years old.
I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.
I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
