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" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "
Nathan Chen
Recovery
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" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "
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" I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters. "
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" My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me. "
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" I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "
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" Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous. "
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" Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. "
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" I want to be a full-package skater. "
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" 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. "
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" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "
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" 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. "
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" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
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" 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. "
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" Team U.S.A. is awesome. "
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" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "
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" As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be like, 'Oh, you're a skater, you're gay, blah blah blah.' So I kept it to myself. Once I started getting to more of an elite level, I didn't really care what people thought, though. "
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" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "
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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. "
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" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "
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" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "
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" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "
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" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "
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" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "
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" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "
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