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" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "
Nathan Chen
Everything
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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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" 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 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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" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "
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" 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. "
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" There's always things that I can improve on. "
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" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "
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" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "
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" 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. "
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" I want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines. "
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" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "
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" 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. "
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" Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle. "
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" 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. "
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" That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint. "
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" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "
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" 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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" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "
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" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
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" My skating career won't last forever. "
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" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
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" I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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Never