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" It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out. "

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" I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me? "

" 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. "

" Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me. "

" Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating. "

" 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. "

" When I'm at home, I'm a real big cuddler, so I sleep with my dog in my arms. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Believe In Yourself

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I fall a lot during training. "

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

" I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes. "

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

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

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

" When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Narcissism is just self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence