Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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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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Sometimes, it's hard for me to communicate my discomfort because I want to be respectful. At the same time, I've learned that you have to ask people on your team to help you out.
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If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going.
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Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.
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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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I think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice.
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My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.
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I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say.
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Sports is expensive, and you have to find a way to pay for it.
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People have drawn me, which is super cool. I'd love to print some out and put them on my wall.
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Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating.
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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.
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I like to be bold and different and to go and try things.
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For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal.
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I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang.
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I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class.
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I got to meet Rachel Platten, who sings 'Fight Song,' I love that song.
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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.
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As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.
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It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.
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I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating.
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I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing.
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Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete.
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When I was in middle school, I remember thinking, like, Tara Lipinski was 14: I only got a few more years to go before I'm really old.