It was like a deer in front of headlights. I don’t think we skated and performed anywhere near of what we were expecting to do.

It was like a deer in the headlights. There’s just some days when you and your partner aren’t clicking. For some reason, we had to fight through every element in a negative way.

I think Katie and I really skated well together tonight. Of course, every time you skate out there you are together, but you are not always on the same plan. I think our minds were...

It’s hard to put words into what we’re feeling right now. . . . For some reason, we had to fight through all our elements in a negative way.

For some reason, we had to fight through every element.

We were devastated when it happened, but as soon as we could we made a positive out of a negative. We had more time to work on more things and new tricks and regroup.

The mental struggle started earlier this year when Katie broke her foot in the summer and we missed three months of training. It was a fight to be ready for the nationals.

I ran out of money. They sent us our long (program) outfits but. . . they’re holding our short program ones until we pay for them both.