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" I have my own life to live. "
Nathan Chen
My Own
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" 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. "
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" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "
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" I think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "
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" Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal. "
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" I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted. "
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" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "
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" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "
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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. "
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" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "
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" We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had. "
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" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "
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" I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Giving
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" Maybe it's innate: I have a body built to jump. "
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" Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do. "
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" I genuinely dislike sequins. "
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Genuinely
Dislike
" 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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Team
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" That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint. "
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" I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City. "
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Salt
Lake
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" 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. "
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American
Parents
I Am
" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "
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Family
Motivated
" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
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I Am
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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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" 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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" 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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" My skating career won't last forever. "
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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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