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

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" A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California. "

" It was hard for me to leave the nest, but my mom is super proud of me. She said, 'You became independent really quickly, and I'm so proud of you,' but she misses me all the same. "

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

" It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given. "

" I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit! "

" I wanted to make America proud. "

" 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. "

" Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities. "

" 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. "

" Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle. "

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

" I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing. "

" I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that's a big deal. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I really believe in myself. "

" As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability. "

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

" I can snap my toes. Everyone keeps asking me this, but I know it's kind of weird, but I think it's fun that I can snap my toes. "

" Narcissism is just self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

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

" I always want to try for what's been offered to me. "

" I've learned a lot from my parents. "

" During finals week, I don't get a lot of sleep, and I tell myself, 'I can't do this anymore.' "

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

" I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely. "

" Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school. "