Sarah Hughes — American Athlete born on May 02, 1985,

Sarah Elizabeth Hughes is an American figure skater. She is the 2002 Olympic Champion and 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles... (wikipedia)

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.
I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.
It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.
When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country.
I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'