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" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "
Nathan Chen
Keep
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" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
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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 want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines. "
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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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" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
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" That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint. "
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" I never got to go to prom or homecoming or a lot of the typical teenage stuff. But, if you think about it, I've gotten to go and meet different people and travel all over the world. "
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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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" I like biology a lot. "
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" 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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" I've always had Russian coaches. "
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Had
Always
" 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. "
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Find
Inspiration
" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
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Kid
Really
" 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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I Can
Down
" 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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Long
Week
" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "
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Competitive
Me
Training
" If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again. "
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You
" Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps. "
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Love
Crush
" 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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Learning
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" I wanted to be a goalie. "
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" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day. "
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Every Day
Out
" Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating. "
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Me
" 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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" It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember. "
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" From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season. "
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" 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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