Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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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.
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I would like to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' because I want to be a star.
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The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve.
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I can snap my toes. Everyone keeps asking me this, but I know it's kind of weird, but I think it's fun that I can snap my toes.
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When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving.
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There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.
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When I'm at home, I'm a real big cuddler, so I sleep with my dog in my arms.
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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.
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Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with arms in the air and medals around their neck.
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For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing.
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When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens.
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Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.
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I wanted to make America proud.
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If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.
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I always want to try for what's been offered to me.
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Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.
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It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.
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During finals week, I don't get a lot of sleep, and I tell myself, 'I can't do this anymore.'
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My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.
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Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.
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I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
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I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality.
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There are always moments when I think about leaving skating, but when I think about that, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very pretty, and there's nothing else that stands out about me besides my skating.
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I fall a lot during training.