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

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Self-Confidence

" I fall a lot during training. "

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

" There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up. "

" When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens. "

" I loved being at the rink every day and training. "

" 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 dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them to put their business on hold and come all the way to Korea to watch me skate - especially my dad - he feels responsible not just for my mom and for himself, but there are a lot of people who work there, too. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Getting to the Olympics was the hard part. "

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