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" You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 wanted to make America proud. "

" I loved being at the rink every day and training. "

" I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing. "

" I pride myself on being Japanese American. "

" I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off. "

" Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part. "

" I've learned a lot from my parents. "

" It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater. "

" I like to be bold and different and to go and try things. "

" I think, as a skater, I started out really strongly, and as I have grown in the public eye, I have had my rough seasons that most people don't get as much attention for. "

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

" Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork. "

" I fall a lot during training. "

" I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I skate six days a week, three sessions a day, and I go to the gym three times a week. I lift weights, do some ab work and whatever my trainer tells me to do. I take Saturdays off. "

" Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports. "

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