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" 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. "

Mirai Nagasu

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" Sometimes, it's hard for me to communicate my discomfort because I want to be respectful. At the same time, I've learned that you have to ask people on your team to help you out. "

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

" If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going. "

" I loved being at the rink every day and training. "

" My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is. "

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" 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. "

" I think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice. "

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

" I really believe in myself. "

" Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with arms in the air and medals around their neck. "

" My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them to put their business on hold and come all the way to Korea to watch me skate - especially my dad - he feels responsible not just for my mom and for himself, but there are a lot of people who work there, too. "

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" I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class. "

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

" I've learned a lot from my parents. "

" 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've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young. "

" I pride myself on being Japanese American. "

" I have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long. "

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

" Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school. "

" I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy. "

" Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not. "

" Narcissism is just self-confidence. "

" I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me? "

Mirai Nagasu

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" You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters. "

" 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. "

" There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up. "

" As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability. "