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" I think, as a skater, I started out really strongly, and as I have grown in the public eye, I have had my rough seasons that most people don't get as much attention for. "

Mirai Nagasu

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Think

Seasons

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" When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving. "

" Being 16 is such a great age because I'm still really young, and I'll still have a lot of chances. But the Olympics only come every four years, so you don't want to waste an opportunity. "

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Mirai Nagasu

People

Think

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" Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible. "

Mirai Nagasu

You

Learn

" Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating. "

" My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well. "

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" I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink. "

" I like to be bold and different and to go and try things. "

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Try

Things

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" Getting to the Olympics was the hard part. "

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" I loved being at the rink every day and training. "

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" You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters. "

" I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me? "

Mirai Nagasu

Better Person

Butterfly

" If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going. "