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" An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement. "
Nathan Chen
Movement
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" As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be like, 'Oh, you're a skater, you're gay, blah blah blah.' So I kept it to myself. Once I started getting to more of an elite level, I didn't really care what people thought, though. "
Nathan Chen
Myself
People
Thought
" I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting on the wall every day when I walked into the rink. That was really cool and very inspiring to see. "
Nathan Chen
Day
Cool
Every Day
" I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Event
Get
" There's a lot of skaters that I look up to, and I think my biggest skating role models were the two Russian competitors at the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City. They really motivated me to follow my passion in skating, and it really blossomed from there. "
Nathan Chen
Look
Lake
Passion
" 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
" Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Love
Never Give Up
" 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
" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
Nathan Chen
Just
Kid
Really
" Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.' "
Nathan Chen
Mind
Never
Good
" I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in love with the sport. "
Nathan Chen
Love
New
Me
" Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite. "
Nathan Chen
Straight
Triple
Toe
" Ever since I started skating, making the Olympic team was my ultimate dream. It's what has inspired and motivated me throughout my entire career. "
Nathan Chen
Dream
Team
Me
" I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy. "
Nathan Chen
Think
Growing Up
Growing
" I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience. "
Nathan Chen
Away
I Can
Down
" Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating. "
Nathan Chen
Age
Young
Think
" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "
Nathan Chen
Young
Interested
Doing
" There are always times when you don't want to go to the rink, or you don't want to do all the things you're supposed to do. Sometimes you're exhausted, or it's been a long week, but I always remind myself that this is my Olympic dream and the passion, because I love the sport very much. "
Nathan Chen
Myself
Long
Week
" It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember. "
Nathan Chen
Long
Team
Remember
" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "
Nathan Chen
Started
Beginning
Dream
" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "
Nathan Chen
Come
Hardship
Lot
" I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based. "
Nathan Chen
Out
Ordinary
Strength
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Basketball
Doing
You
" It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again. "
Nathan Chen
Off
Again
High
" I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "
Nathan Chen
Japan
Spain
Enjoy
" I've always had Russian coaches. "
Nathan Chen
Russian
Had
Always
" I have my own life to live. "
Nathan Chen
My Own
Own
Live
" I think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "
Nathan Chen
Think
Doing
I Think
" 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 remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes. "
Nathan Chen
Remember
Walking
Seeing
" 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
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Day
Me