Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing.
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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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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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It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.
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When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens.
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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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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've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.
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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 would like to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' because I want to be a star.
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If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.
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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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I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
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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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Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.
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Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.
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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 wanted to make America proud.
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Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.
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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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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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I fall a lot during training.