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" I genuinely dislike sequins. "
Nathan Chen
Genuinely
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" Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.' "
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" Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs. "
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Skating
Watching
Love
" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "
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You
Tough
" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "
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Since
Working
Big
" I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters. "
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Family
Brothers
Four
" I want to be a full-package skater. "
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Skater
Want
" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day. "
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Day
Every Day
Out
" To have all of these jumps in my arsenal is very beneficial. I can always alter my program so I can either play it safe, or I can play it risky with high reward. It depends on what I feel like I need that day. "
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Day
Play
Reward
" 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. "
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Skating
Knew
Understood
" I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event. "
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Outside
Event
Get
" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "
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Young
Interested
Doing
" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "
Nathan Chen
Recovery
Sleep
Try
" My skating career won't last forever. "
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Forever
Skating
Last
" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
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Basketball
Think
Skating
" 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. "
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Me
Think
Team
" I like biology a lot. "
Nathan Chen
Biology
Like
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. "
Nathan Chen
Life
Giving
Parents
" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "
Nathan Chen
Animals
Hospital
Exploring
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Us
Feel
Me
" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "
Nathan Chen
Them
Being
Doing
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Dream
Team
Me
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Yourself
Learning
Fear
" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "
Nathan Chen
Terrified
Hate
Spiders
" Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it. "
Nathan Chen
Doing
You
Way
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Look
Lake
Passion
" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "
Nathan Chen
Progress
Crazy
Fast
" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "
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Everything
Competition
Plan
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Movement
Find
Inspiration
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Love
New
Me
" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "
Nathan Chen
Struggle
Say
Never