My parents gave me the gift of love and support. They told me never to question what my heart wanted and to be proud of who I was as an individual.

I'm very proud that I was always able to be myself and didn't really care what people thought when I wanted bangs with my little Con-Air curling iron, and I wanted to wear glitter on my eyes and rings on every finger and charm necklaces that look like I was wearing baggage while I skated. But I do look back, and man, those '90s bangs.

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

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