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

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" Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork. "

" Sports is expensive, and you have to find a way to pay for it. "

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

" When I was in middle school, I remember thinking, like, Tara Lipinski was 14: I only got a few more years to go before I'm really old. "

" 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. "

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

" I believe in adventure and imagination, and I got that from my parents and the things I experienced as a child. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal. "

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

" 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. "

" Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with arms in the air and medals around their neck. "

" 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. "

" Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part. "

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

" Skating becomes more important to me every year. It's obviously harder as age takes a toll on the body and the brain, and I think because of that, competing becomes much more difficult. That's why those who stick around are always so appreciative of others' skating because we know how much work goes into it. "

" I got to meet Rachel Platten, who sings 'Fight Song,' I love that song. "

" I think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice. "

" 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. "

" I get about seven hours of sleep a night. "

" Japanese people, they're not really one to complain. "

" I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that. "

" It's easy to look into the future and worry about the past. "

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

" 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. "