I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.
I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.
What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.