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" It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm on the right path. "

Nathan Chen

Think

Team

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" If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again. "

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" I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City. "

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Nathan Chen

Skater

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" Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing. "

" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "

" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "

" I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes. "

" I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can. "

" In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say. "

" Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home. "

Nathan Chen

Nice

NBA

" Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging. "

" My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. "

Nathan Chen

Competitive

Training

" I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling. "

" Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating. "

" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "

" Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it. "

" There's always things that I can improve on. "

" Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes. "

Nathan Chen

I Am

Human

" I think my parents felt us being a minority a little bit more than I did, and they tried to shelter me from that so I didn't feel it at all. "

Nathan Chen

Feel

" My parents always enforce the idea of never giving up upon all of my siblings and me, and I think that's something that will stick with me my whole life. "

" I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program. "

" 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. "

" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "

Nathan Chen

Life

Never