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" Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school. "

Mirai Nagasu

School

Mom

Work

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" A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd! "

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Strong

Day

" I think being in the public eye has made me more determined than other people to show that I do belong at the top, and I believe I am one of the hardest-working people at the rink. I feel like I have always been that way, but sometimes I just get in my own way. "

Mirai Nagasu

People

Think

" When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced. I mostly balance both by drinking a lot of coffee and making sure I time manage well, which doesn't happen all the time, especially during finals week. "

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

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

" 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'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality. "

" I wanted to make America proud. "

" Sometimes, it's hard for me to communicate my discomfort because I want to be respectful. At the same time, I've learned that you have to ask people on your team to help you out. "

Mirai Nagasu

You

Time

" A lot of people know me for my speed and my flexibility. I like to jump, but I'm not really the best jumper. I'm more of a spinner. "

Mirai Nagasu

People

Know

" 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. "

" When I was in middle school, I remember thinking, like, Tara Lipinski was 14: I only got a few more years to go before I'm really old. "

Mirai Nagasu

Old

Remember

" 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. "

" 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. "

Mirai Nagasu

You

Learn

" I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely. "

" If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going. "

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

" I believe in adventure and imagination, and I got that from my parents and the things I experienced as a child. "

" I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California. "

" I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy. "

" I guess I can be stereotypical and say that Asians are very cheap. "

" When I'm at home, I'm a real big cuddler, so I sleep with my dog in my arms. "

" For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing. "

" I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that's a big deal. "

" Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not. "

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