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" I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling. "

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" Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home. "

Nathan Chen

Nice

NBA

" There's always things that I can improve on. "

" 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. "

" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "

" I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City. "

" It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember. "

" I have my own life to live. "

" 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. "

" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "

" 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. "

" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "

Nathan Chen

Opportunities

Parents

" 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

" 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. "

" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "

" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "

" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "

" I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based. "

" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "

Nathan Chen

Competitive

Training

" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "

" 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. "

" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day. "

" I've always had Russian coaches. "

" Team U.S.A. is awesome. "

Nathan Chen

Awesome

Team

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every day's a new day. "

" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "

Nathan Chen

Family

Motivated

" 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

Feel

" 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

" 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. "