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" I start in the morning with something like a breakfast burrito and a smoothie, something that gives me enough protein and carbs to start my day. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program. "

" I think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "

" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "

" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "

" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "

" 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. "

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

" Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it. "

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

" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "

" Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating. "

" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "

" I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "

" 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. "

" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "

" I want to be a full-package skater. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to be a goalie. "

" 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. "