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" Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle. "

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" I like to be bold and different and to go and try things. "

" I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink. "

" I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating. "

" When I was in middle school, I remember thinking, like, Tara Lipinski was 14: I only got a few more years to go before I'm really old. "

" I get about seven hours of sleep a night. "

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

" Skating becomes more important to me every year. It's obviously harder as age takes a toll on the body and the brain, and I think because of that, competing becomes much more difficult. That's why those who stick around are always so appreciative of others' skating because we know how much work goes into it. "

" I really believe in myself. "

" I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off. "

" I wanted to make America proud. "

" My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well. "

" I always soak in a bath with Epsom salts for a minimum of 20 minutes to absorb the magnesium once I get home. "

" Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities. "

" Sports is expensive, and you have to find a way to pay for it. "

" I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality. "

" I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard. "

" Sports are evolving and always evolving, and people have that determination to keep going and coming back. I think I'm one of those athletes. I stand to show that people shouldn't give up. You've got to just keep going until you succeed. "

" I think being in the public eye has made me more determined than other people to show that I do belong at the top, and I believe I am one of the hardest-working people at the rink. I feel like I have always been that way, but sometimes I just get in my own way. "

" On a normal day, I would wake up at 7:00 A.M. and spend about three to four hours training every day. But all of that depends on my school schedule. School and classes usually run from 8:00-10:40 A.M., but not before I've had a coffee for breakfast. "

" I skate six days a week, three sessions a day, and I go to the gym three times a week. I lift weights, do some ab work and whatever my trainer tells me to do. I take Saturdays off. "

" I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California. "

" It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given. "

" Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person. "

" I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes. "

" For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal. "

" Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible. "

" Being 16 is such a great age because I'm still really young, and I'll still have a lot of chances. But the Olympics only come every four years, so you don't want to waste an opportunity. "

" People have drawn me, which is super cool. I'd love to print some out and put them on my wall. "

" I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely. "

" Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork. "