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" It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again. "
Nathan Chen
Off
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High
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" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "
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" Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it. "
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" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "
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" Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day. "
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" I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out. "
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" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "
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" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "
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" Throughout the day, I'll snack a lot. I always have some breakfast cereal, like Kellogg's cereal, something on hand, so that I can just quickly get some carbs in. "
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" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "
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" I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event. "
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" I like biology a lot. "
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" Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging. "
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" I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience. "
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" I've been working on it a lot, trying to find the artistic balance, trying to find purpose in my movement combined with the jumps. "
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Working
Trying
" Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S. "
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Knew
Understood
" Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite. "
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Triple
Toe
" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "
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Like
Competition
" Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge. "
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Doing
" Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do. "
Nathan Chen
Parents
Love
Never Give Up
" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "
Nathan Chen
Opportunities
Me
Parents
" I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool. "
Nathan Chen
Japan
Spain
Enjoy
" I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting on the wall every day when I walked into the rink. That was really cool and very inspiring to see. "
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Day
Cool
Every Day
" I want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines. "
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Lines
Know
" You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough. "
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You
Tough
" I've always had Russian coaches. "
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Had
Always
" I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes. "
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Seeing
" I want to be a full-package skater. "
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" Team U.S.A. is awesome. "
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Team
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