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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 want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines. "

Nathan Chen

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" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "

Nathan Chen

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well. "

" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "

" 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

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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. "

" Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps. "

" 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. "

" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite. "

" 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 really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "

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

" 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. "

" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "

" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "

" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "

" I have my own life to live. "

" I've always had Russian coaches. "

" 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. "

" I like biology a lot. "

Nathan Chen

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" Throughout the day, I'll snack a lot. I always have some breakfast cereal, like Kellogg's cereal, something on hand, so that I can just quickly get some carbs in. "

" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "

" 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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