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" 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. "

Mirai Nagasu

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Great

" 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. "

" 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 someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens. "

" 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

" If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible. "

" Just really believe in yourself and stay true to yourself. "

" Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork. "

" Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle. "

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

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

" I get about seven hours of sleep a night. "

" My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them to put their business on hold and come all the way to Korea to watch me skate - especially my dad - he feels responsible not just for my mom and for himself, but there are a lot of people who work there, too. "

Mirai Nagasu

Work

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" 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 have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long. "

" 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

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

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

" There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up. "

" I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class. "

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

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

" Sports are evolving and always evolving, and people have that determination to keep going and coming back. I think I'm one of those athletes. I stand to show that people shouldn't give up. You've got to just keep going until you succeed. "

" Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating. "

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

" I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well. "