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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters. "

" 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. "

" From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season. "

" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "

" I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling. "

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

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

" I like biology a lot. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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've been working on it a lot, trying to find the artistic balance, trying to find purpose in my movement combined with the jumps. "

" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "

" Every day's a new day. "

" I genuinely dislike sequins. "

" 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 think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "

" 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. "

" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "

" 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. "

" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "