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" A lot of the things I do outside the rink are just to relax and recover. We spend so much time at the rink, so it's nice to decompress a little. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Nice
Just
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" If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again. "
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Doing
You
" Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal. "
Nathan Chen
Never Give Up
Life
Tough Times
" I've always had Russian coaches. "
Nathan Chen
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Had
Always
" My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well. "
Nathan Chen
Well
Name
Understand
" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
Nathan Chen
I Am
Human
Am
" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "
Nathan Chen
Recovery
Sleep
Try
" I like biology a lot. "
Nathan Chen
Biology
Like
Lot
" I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes. "
Nathan Chen
Remember
Walking
Seeing
" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day. "
Nathan Chen
Day
Every Day
Out
" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "
Nathan Chen
Started
Beginning
Dream
" I think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "
Nathan Chen
Think
Doing
I Think
" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "
Nathan Chen
Progress
Crazy
Fast
" From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season. "
Nathan Chen
Peak
Learned
About
" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "
Nathan Chen
Terrified
Hate
Spiders
" Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Because
Me
" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "
Nathan Chen
Life
Up
Never
" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "
Nathan Chen
Myself
Like
Competition
" I start in the morning with something like a breakfast burrito and a smoothie, something that gives me enough protein and carbs to start my day. "
Nathan Chen
Like
Day
Me
" I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out. "
Nathan Chen
Be Kind
Time
Myself
" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "
Nathan Chen
Competitive
Me
Training
" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "
Nathan Chen
Body
Young
Risk
" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "
Nathan Chen
Thing
Triple
Really
" I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters. "
Nathan Chen
Family
Brothers
Four
" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Skating
Very
" My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Wanted
Stuck
" I've been working on it a lot, trying to find the artistic balance, trying to find purpose in my movement combined with the jumps. "
Nathan Chen
Purpose
Working
Trying
" Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.' "
Nathan Chen
Mind
Never
Good
" Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps. "
Nathan Chen
Gorgeous
Love
Crush
" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "
Nathan Chen
Everything
Competition
Plan