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" I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating. "

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" It's easy to look into the future and worry about the past. "

" I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far. "

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

" A lot of people know me for my speed and my flexibility. I like to jump, but I'm not really the best jumper. I'm more of a spinner. "

" I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say. "

" I'm great at dishwashing. "

" Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible. "

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

" For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing. "

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

" I think being in the public eye has made me more determined than other people to show that I do belong at the top, and I believe I am one of the hardest-working people at the rink. I feel like I have always been that way, but sometimes I just get in my own way. "

" I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing. "

" It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater. "

" Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me. "

" 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. "

" When I was in middle school, I remember thinking, like, Tara Lipinski was 14: I only got a few more years to go before I'm really old. "

" My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well. "

" I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that. "

" I fall a lot during training. "

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

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

" My dad is a very creative type of person, so he has rolls that make no sense to most people familiar with sushi. He has a High Five roll. What is that? Don't ask questions. Just try it. He's kind of mischievous, and that's how I am, too. "

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" Getting to the Olympics was the hard part. "

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Anything Is Possible

" It was hard for me to leave the nest, but my mom is super proud of me. She said, 'You became independent really quickly, and I'm so proud of you,' but she misses me all the same. "