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" That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. "

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" To have all of these jumps in my arsenal is very beneficial. I can always alter my program so I can either play it safe, or I can play it risky with high reward. It depends on what I feel like I need that day. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching. "

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

" I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport. "

" When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through. "

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

" I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy. "

" I think doing a quint is very, very difficult. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle. "

" I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in love with the sport. "

" Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous. "

" 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. "

" I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their 20s. "

" My family and parents were very influential in my skating career. "

" There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance. "

" 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. "

" Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens. "

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

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

" Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.' "

" These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess. "

" As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated. "

" I have my own life to live. "

" Team U.S.A. is awesome. "