Chloe Kim Quotes
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If I had a message to give my dad, it'd probably be, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' He's helped me so much on this crazy journey. Giving up his job, being away from my mom, and being away from home for that much just because of me? It's a lot. And I thank him for it.
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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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I don't feel that much fear.
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If you give me fro-yo without mangoes, you're dead to me. If you say that Hawaiian pizza is gross, we're done.
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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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My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair for the longest time.
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I'm always working hard.
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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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My dad would load me into the car under a pile of blankets in the middle of the night so I could sleep the whole way and be on the mountain when it opened.
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I knock on my board to unjinx myself.
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When I first started snowboarding, my dad pretty much dragged me into it. I wasn't old enough to be like, 'Oh, I wanna snowboard!' you know?
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I think the cool thing about snowboarding is that everyone has their own style.
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I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture.
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It's super cool - I have this link to Korea, and with the Olympics, I have this opportunity to represent the U.S., Korea, and my family.
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My dad gave up his job; he stopped working - for me. Without that, I definitely wouldn't be as successful.
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My father didn't want to ski alone, so he took me up to the mountains in order to basically bribe my mom to come with him.
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Just because I'm young doesn't mean I didn't work hard to get to where I am.
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I just say, 'Never give up.'
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It's hard to describe my style. People will tell me that I'm really flowy.
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Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic.
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Four is actually my lucky number.
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I missed out on a few proms, homecomings, might miss my graduation. I wouldn't want it any other way... it's worth it.
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Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.
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Before I drop in, I tend to knock on my snowboard. You know how when you jinx yourself, they're like, 'Knock on wood.' My snowboard's wood, so in case I jinxed myself sometime in the past, I just knock on my board. It just makes me feel a lot more comfortable.