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" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "
Nathan Chen
Them
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Doing
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" I always carry my phone with me. I always have a computer on me. "
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" There's always things that I can improve on. "
Nathan Chen
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Improve
Always
" Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous. "
Nathan Chen
Sometimes
Little
Nervous
" Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs. "
Nathan Chen
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Watching
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" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Skating
Very
" 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
Find
Inspiration
" I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating. "
Nathan Chen
Proud
Figure Skating
I Am
" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "
Nathan Chen
Difficult
You
Tough
" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "
Nathan Chen
See
Watch
Through
" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "
Nathan Chen
Animals
Hospital
Exploring
" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
Nathan Chen
Basketball
Think
Skating
" 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
" Every day's a new day. "
Nathan Chen
Every
Day
A New Day
" I'm the baby for sure. My siblings are looking out for me, making sure I'm not doing something stupid. They are making sure my head is set straight and that I'm a good person outside of skating and inside of it, too. "
Nathan Chen
Baby
Stupid
Me
" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "
Nathan Chen
Started
Beginning
Dream
" I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can. "
Nathan Chen
Forward
Foot
Best
" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
Nathan Chen
Just
Kid
Really
" 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 think my parents felt us being a minority a little bit more than I did, and they tried to shelter me from that so I didn't feel it at all. "
Nathan Chen
Us
Feel
Me
" I've always had Russian coaches. "
Nathan Chen
Russian
Had
Always
" It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm on the right path. "
Nathan Chen
Me
Think
Team
" 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
" I never got to go to prom or homecoming or a lot of the typical teenage stuff. But, if you think about it, I've gotten to go and meet different people and travel all over the world. "
Nathan Chen
Think
People
World
" 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
" I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program. "
Nathan Chen
Hockey
Mom
Thought
" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "
Nathan Chen
Competitive
Me
Training
" There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance. "
Nathan Chen
Performance
Bad
Good Things
" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "
Nathan Chen
Love
Always
Loved
" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "
Nathan Chen
Life
Up
Never
" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "
Nathan Chen
Since
Working
Big