Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Zayak bụ onye Peter Burrows na Marylynn Gelderman duziri n'oge niile ọ na-eme egwuregwu amateur na ọkachamara. O ritere ọla edo na 1979 World Junior Championships. N'oge na-eso ya, ọ malitere ịsọ mpi na ọkwa mba ụwa. Zayak guzo n'elu ikpo okwu na 1979 Skate Canada na Prague Skate wee pụta na nke mbụ ya na World Championship
Ọ dị mma. A gụnyere ya na njem mbụ ndị Amerịka na-agba ọsọ na China mere n'afọ 1980.