The men's field is so tight. Everybody is just one jump, or one counter or one rocker from being in my position.

You can't usually fall twice and still make an Olympic team. Until I went down, though, I'd been doing very well. I just told myself that one mistake probably wouldn't beat me.

I didn't set out to prove I could win national medals from Peoria, Illinois. But that's where I live, and everything I need is there.

I don't think I ever felt like the forgotten man. If anything, I felt self-exiled.

I tends to be more motivated by the things I do wrong than when I skate well. I always want to improve even when I do have a strong performance in competition.

In my mind I am comparing the Olympics and this event. Doing the (triple) Axel was an important point in this program for me.

I haven't had a great season up until now.

I'm confident that I'll skate my best. I'm not really thinking about medals at this point just because the Olympics is an award in itself.

Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation.

The new system is changing the way you run through a program.