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" I think being in the public eye has made me more determined than other people to show that I do belong at the top, and I believe I am one of the hardest-working people at the rink. I feel like I have always been that way, but sometimes I just get in my own way. "

Mirai Nagasu

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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. "

" I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class. "

" Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not. "

" There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up. "

" I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy. "

" People have drawn me, which is super cool. I'd love to print some out and put them on my wall. "

Mirai Nagasu

Cool

People

" 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 think my own thinking is harsher than my mom's discipline. "

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

" I wanted to make America proud. "

" I would like to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' because I want to be a star. "

" On a normal day, I would wake up at 7:00 A.M. and spend about three to four hours training every day. But all of that depends on my school schedule. School and classes usually run from 8:00-10:40 A.M., but not before I've had a coffee for breakfast. "

" It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater. "

Mirai Nagasu

Step

Myself

" I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well. "

" Just really believe in yourself and stay true to yourself. "

" Sports are evolving and always evolving, and people have that determination to keep going and coming back. I think I'm one of those athletes. I stand to show that people shouldn't give up. You've got to just keep going until you succeed. "

" There are always moments when I think about leaving skating, but when I think about that, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very pretty, and there's nothing else that stands out about me besides my skating. "

" Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete. "

" To all the little girls out there, I would tell them to really appreciate what their parents do for them. And also to truly believe in their dream. If they truly believe that they're capable, things will happen for them - as long as they put in the work, of course. "

" My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is. "

Mirai Nagasu

Always

Difficult

" My dad is a very creative type of person, so he has rolls that make no sense to most people familiar with sushi. He has a High Five roll. What is that? Don't ask questions. Just try it. He's kind of mischievous, and that's how I am, too. "

" My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately. "

Mirai Nagasu

Enjoy

Moment

" The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve. "

" I guess I can be stereotypical and say that Asians are very cheap. "

" When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens. "

" Getting to the Olympics was the hard part. "

" I tell my boyfriend that... we should get a ranch so we can just adopt all the dogs that need homes, and they can just run around all day. "

" I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality. "

" In the history of sport in general, people stick around. Look at Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn just continue on, Olympic cycle after Olympic cycle; that is why they are famous. "