Mirai Nagasu Quotes
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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 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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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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For the American culture to evolve and include Asians is so amazing.
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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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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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It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.
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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've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.
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If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.
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When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens.
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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 started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
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Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.
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Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.
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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 always want to try for what's been offered to me.
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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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Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.
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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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I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality.
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I fall a lot during training.