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"They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now."

"Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on."

"There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won."

"I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal."

"My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could."

"I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in."

"In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction."

"I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards."

"I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it."

"It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it."
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