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" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "
Nathan Chen
Family
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" Team U.S.A. is awesome. "
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" I genuinely dislike sequins. "
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" 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. "
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" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "
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" My skating career won't last forever. "
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" It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember. "
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" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "
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" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "
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" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
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" Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps. "
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Love
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" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "
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You
Tough
" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "
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Since
Working
Big
" My parents always enforce the idea of never giving up upon all of my siblings and me, and I think that's something that will stick with me my whole life. "
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Life
Giving
Parents
" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "
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Competitive
Me
Training
" Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating. "
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Because
Me
" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
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I Am
Human
Am
" 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. "
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Outside
Nice
Just
" 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. "
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Off
Again
High
" 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
" I want to be a full-package skater. "
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Skater
Want
" My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well. "
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Well
Name
Understand
" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "
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Them
Being
Doing
" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
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Basketball
Think
Skating
" 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. "
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Purpose
Working
Trying
" Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous. "
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Sometimes
Little
Nervous
" I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "
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Japan
Spain
Enjoy
" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "
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Progress
Crazy
Fast
" To have all of these jumps in my arsenal is very beneficial. I can always alter my program so I can either play it safe, or I can play it risky with high reward. It depends on what I feel like I need that day. "
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Day
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" I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their 20s. "
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American
Parents
I Am