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

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

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

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

" I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young. "

" I can snap my toes. Everyone keeps asking me this, but I know it's kind of weird, but I think it's fun that I can snap my toes. "

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

" I always soak in a bath with Epsom salts for a minimum of 20 minutes to absorb the magnesium once I get home. "

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

" Sports is expensive, and you have to find a way to pay for it. "

" I skate six days a week, three sessions a day, and I go to the gym three times a week. I lift weights, do some ab work and whatever my trainer tells me to do. I take Saturdays off. "

" The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that. "

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

" My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've learned a lot from my parents. "

" Narcissism is just self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

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

" 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 a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard. "

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