Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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In the history of sport in general, people stick around. Look at Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn just continue on, Olympic cycle after Olympic cycle; that is why they are famous.
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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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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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Although there's a stigma that you learn only until a certain point, and then you just maintain, for me to learn the triple axel at 24 goes to show that anything's possible.
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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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I'm really good at window shopping, or I'll go into a store and just choose one thing.
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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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When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens.
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I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.
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I tell my boyfriend that... we should get a ranch so we can just adopt all the dogs that need homes, and they can just run around all day.
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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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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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Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.
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To all the little girls out there, I would tell them to really appreciate what their parents do for them. And also to truly believe in their dream. If they truly believe that they're capable, things will happen for them - as long as they put in the work, of course.
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I wanted to make America proud.
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I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
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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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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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Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.
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Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.
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I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality.
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I always want to try for what's been offered to me.
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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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I fall a lot during training.