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" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "
Nathan Chen
Love
Always
Loved
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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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Started
Beginning
Dream
" I'm the baby for sure. My siblings are looking out for me, making sure I'm not doing something stupid. They are making sure my head is set straight and that I'm a good person outside of skating and inside of it, too. "
Nathan Chen
Baby
Stupid
Me
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Nice
Just
" 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
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Basketball
Doing
You
" I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City. "
Nathan Chen
Salt
Lake
Held
" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "
Nathan Chen
Keep
Just
Sport
" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "
Nathan Chen
Opportunities
Me
Parents
" I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can. "
Nathan Chen
Forward
Foot
Best
" It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again. "
Nathan Chen
Off
Again
High
" I've been working on it a lot, trying to find the artistic balance, trying to find purpose in my movement combined with the jumps. "
Nathan Chen
Purpose
Working
Trying
" There's always things that I can improve on. "
Nathan Chen
I Can
Improve
Always
" I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Event
Get
" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "
Nathan Chen
Body
Young
Risk
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
See
Awesome
Unity
" I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted. "
Nathan Chen
Than
Myself
More
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Away
I Can
Down
" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
Nathan Chen
Basketball
Think
Skating
" 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
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Straight
Triple
Toe
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Myself
Long
Week
" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "
Nathan Chen
Struggle
Say
Never
" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "
Nathan Chen
Family
Motivated
" Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Love
Never Give Up
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Day
Play
Reward
" If it's time to indulge, I love desserts, especially Hershey's chocolate. I also love sushi and Japanese food. Food is my favorite in general. "
Nathan Chen
Time
Food
Love
" 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. "
Nathan Chen
Think
People
World
" Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating. "
Nathan Chen
Outside
Because
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. "
Nathan Chen
Cap
Number
Like
" My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well. "
Nathan Chen
Well
Name
Understand