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" 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. "

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" Just being here at the Olympics is pretty incredible in itself. Seeing the unity of the athletes and to see how everyone has worked so hard to get here - and we are all so excited to be here - it's awesome to be able to experience it. "

" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "

" That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "

" Every day's a new day. "

" I have my own life to live. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "

" I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to be a goalie. "

" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "

" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "

" Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S. "

" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "

" I always carry my phone with me. I always have a computer on me. "

" Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.' "

" Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging. "

" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each 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. "

" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "