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" 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. "

Mirai Nagasu

Said

Proud

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" 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

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

" Whenever Michelle Kwan texts me or mentions my name, I'm like, 'Wow.' I still can't believe that this is someone who I grew up looking up to, and they know my name. "

Mirai Nagasu

Believe

Looking

" 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. "

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

" Narcissism is just self-confidence. "

" I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far. "

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

" I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say. "

" 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

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

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

" I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang. "

Mirai Nagasu

Eat

Enjoy

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

" 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. "

" My mom is really dedicated to me. She drives me to school and skating, wakes up for me, and I'm just really appreciative. "

Mirai Nagasu

School

Skating

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced. I mostly balance both by drinking a lot of coffee and making sure I time manage well, which doesn't happen all the time, especially during finals week. "

" 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. "