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

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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. "

" Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs. "

" I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up. "

" 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. "

" I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps. "

" 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. "

" The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again. "

" I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling. "

" Every day's a new day. "

" It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress. "

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

" My skating career won't last forever. "

" Just being here at the Olympics is pretty incredible in itself. Seeing the unity of the athletes and to see how everyone has worked so hard to get here - and we are all so excited to be here - it's awesome to be able to experience it. "

" Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging. "

" I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me. "

" The Olympics have really motivated me, ever since I started skating as a little kid. "

" Really, I'm just a normal kid. "

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

" It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not. "

" 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. "

" I start in the morning with something like a breakfast burrito and a smoothie, something that gives me enough protein and carbs to start my day. "

" I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals. "

" We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had. "

" My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship. "

" My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me. "