I always had my dreams and aspirations of competing in the Olympics, but as a kid you just do it because you love to skate.

I tell my athletes you have to make your own luck. I was a hard worker. I was known as a hard worker and I fell short.

You hear the U.S. being called and you feel a sense of pride, and that definitely was a highlight.

I can actually remember my first steps on the ice. I came this way. I had my rental skates on.

I think it was actually a blessing in disguise that I come from Hawaii, where they just back up all their athletes no matter how foreign it may be to the state of Hawaii.

When I was 6 years old, I was watching Eric Heiden at the 1980 Olympics. My dad was watching it on TV and I just thought it looked really cool.