What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of…

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For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement...

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement...

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.

I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it...

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it...

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

Right now I am doing my residency in orthopedic research.

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams,...

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams,...

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going...

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going...