My Girlfriend Has Been The Ice.

I Could Never Focus On My Upper Body As A Skater, So I'm Enjoying Having Symmetrical Upper And Lower Body Muscle.

When You Reach That Competing Point, When You Reach That Time When The Gun Is About To Go Off, Everyone's Level Is Pretty Much The Same. The One Thing That's Going To Separate You From Everybody Else Is How You Deal With Those Pressures, How You Stay Relaxed.

Japan, Not Only A Mega-busy City That Thrives On Electronics And Efficiency, Actually Has An Almost Sacred Appreciation Of Nature. One Must Travel Outside Of Tokyo To Truly Experience The 'old Japan' And More Importantly Feel These Aspects Of Japanese Culture.

When I'm Done Skating, I Guarantee You That I Will Not Look Back And Remember Standing On The Podium. I'm Going To Remember These Days - Being With The Team. Training Alone, In My Basement. Training When Everybody Else Is Sleeping. Doing Things That Nobody Else Is Doing. Digging Down. Seeing What Kind Of Character I Truly Have. I Love That Stuff.

Michael Phelps Is A Good Friend Of Mine, So I'm Very Supportive Of Him.