When You Are At The Olympic Games,

Vancouver Is An Amazing City And Luckily, Growing Up In The Seattle Area, I Was Able To Immerse Myself Into The Culture At A Young Age, Traveling Back And Forth Across The Border For Skating Competitions As A Youngster.

We All Naturally Want To Become Successful... We Also Want To Take Shortcuts. And It's Easy To Do So, But You Can Never Take Away The Effort Of Hard Work And Discipline And Sacrifice.

Every Single Experience, Every Single Thing That's Happened In My Life, Struggle, Obstacle, Trials And Tribulations, I Think They've All Molded Me To Become The Character And The Person Who I Am.

If It Wasn't For My Sport And My Father, I'd Probably Be A Fallen Statistic. I'd Be Dead; I'd Be In Jail. Luckily, I Had A Great Dad In My Life.

A Lot Of Times, Some Of My Best Ideas Happen When I'm Running. That's When I Do My Best Thinking.