Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not.
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It's easy to look into the future and worry about the past.
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Daisuke Takahashi has really good footwork.
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I really believe in myself.
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I think my own thinking is harsher than my mom's discipline.
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I guess I can be stereotypical and say that Asians are very cheap.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink.
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I always soak in a bath with Epsom salts for a minimum of 20 minutes to absorb the magnesium once I get home.
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I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard.
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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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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.
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I loved being at the rink every day and training.
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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.
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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.
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I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes.
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My dad is a very creative type of person, so he has rolls that make no sense to most people familiar with sushi. He has a High Five roll. What is that? Don't ask questions. Just try it. He's kind of mischievous, and that's how I am, too.
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Skating becomes more important to me every year. It's obviously harder as age takes a toll on the body and the brain, and I think because of that, competing becomes much more difficult. That's why those who stick around are always so appreciative of others' skating because we know how much work goes into it.
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I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that's a big deal.
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A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd!
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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.