Chloe Kim Quotes
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Over the years, I've hurt my thumb, separated my shoulder, and injured my back, but not too bad. Actually, my back was hurt pretty bad. I had to take an ambulance and was in bed for a week.
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I freak out when I see a spider. I was doing an interview once, and there was this really big, furry spider crawling up the tripod, and I was like, 'I can't do this!'
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I grew up in Southern California. If it's snowing on a day I'm supposed to train, I'll just stare out the window in all my gear and be like, 'Hmmm, maybe not today.' I hate being cold.
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I don't get butterflies. I get a good feeling in my stomach before I compete. When I don't, I get worried.
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I just want to be that young girl from L.A. who snowboards and gets her nails done.
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Honestly, I didn't like snowboarding when I was a little girl. As I got older, it became something I did with my dad. When I was 10, I knew I was good for my age, but I never felt that I was prodigy-level or anything like that.
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My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair for the longest time.
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I love Chipotle. And I'm not just saying that. Like, I genuinely am in love with Chipotle.
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I'm, like, finishing up high school. I don't know how you can learn anything from me because I'm still, like, a teenager. I don't know what I'm doing with my life.
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I think my riding has hopefully gotten a lot better, but I'm always trying to push myself.
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It would be meaningful if I can get a gold medal in my parents' country.
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I did my first contest, and I got third, and my dad was, like, 'Wow, she has potential.' And I went back when I was 7, and I won. And my dad's like, 'All right,' and then he dropped everything.
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I was, like, talking to these kids, and I look up, and there was, like, 25 cameras around me. And I ran. I ran away. I, like, straight up ran away, and I was so scared, and then, like, it happened, and after I was done, it kinda sunk in.
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Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.
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I have two aunts and three cousins in Korea as well.
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I got mail from a prison once.
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Snowboarding brought me out of my shell.
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I want to go to college.
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I think, you know, if you're young - even if you're old, it doesn't matter how old you are - but if you find something that you really want to try, just give it a try.
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I don't snowboard to win everything. I do it because I love it. I do it because I have fun, and everyone else can think whatever they want. For me, it's all about fun, and I enjoy it so much.
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I try not to feel pressure, because I feel like it kind of throws you off. I always try to focus on myself. But it does kind of creep into the back of my mind.
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It's such an honor to just represent the U.S. in the country where my parents immigrated from, and just this whole process has been amazing, and this journey has been so fun and full of so many memories that I will hold on to for the rest of my life.
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To me, snowboarding is really an art form, and I think every athlete, every snowboarder has her own style, and that makes them stand out.
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If my hands get cold, I'll go inside to warm them up and basically never come back out. I'm a little wimp.