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" 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
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" My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me. "
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" A lot of the things I do outside the rink are just to relax and recover. We spend so much time at the rink, so it's nice to decompress a little. "
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" 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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" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "
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" I wanted to be a goalie. "
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" I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders. "
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" 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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" Personally, I feel like there should be some sort of cap on the quads, but we should still be pushing it to a certain number. "
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" 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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" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "
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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 think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy. "
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" 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. "
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" I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based. "
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" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "
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" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "
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" From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season. "
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" There's always things that I can improve on. "
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" I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery. "
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" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "
Nathan Chen
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" I never got to go to prom or homecoming or a lot of the typical teenage stuff. But, if you think about it, I've gotten to go and meet different people and travel all over the world. "
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" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "
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" It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember. "
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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 parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "
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" I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted. "
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" An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement. "
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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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