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" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
Nathan Chen
Basketball
Think
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" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "
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" Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do. "
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" 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. "
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" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "
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" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "
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" 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. "
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" Every day's a new day. "
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" Just being here at the Olympics is pretty incredible in itself. Seeing the unity of the athletes and to see how everyone has worked so hard to get here - and we are all so excited to be here - it's awesome to be able to experience it. "
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" I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters. "
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" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "
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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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" 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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" I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience. "
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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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" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
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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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" I like biology a lot. "
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" Personally, I feel like there should be some sort of cap on the quads, but we should still be pushing it to a certain number. "
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" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "
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" I wanted to be a goalie. "
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" 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. "
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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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" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "
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" Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it. "
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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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" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "
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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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" Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs. "
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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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