-
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu
-
Just really believe in yourself and stay true to yourself.
Mirai Nagasu -
I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy.
Mirai Nagasu -
I'm not a fadeaway type of person; I don't have that type of personality.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.
Mirai Nagasu -
I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.
Mirai Nagasu
-
I fall a lot during training.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
Getting to the Olympics was the hard part.
Mirai Nagasu
-
During finals week, I don't get a lot of sleep, and I tell myself, 'I can't do this anymore.'
Mirai Nagasu -
When I started not training as hard and doing what I needed to do, everyone else improved without me improving.
Mirai Nagasu -
I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
Mirai Nagasu -
Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.
Mirai Nagasu -
I would like to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' because I want to be a star.
Mirai Nagasu -
It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.
Mirai Nagasu
-
Sports are evolving and always evolving, and people have that determination to keep going and coming back. I think I'm one of those athletes. I stand to show that people shouldn't give up. You've got to just keep going until you succeed.
Mirai Nagasu -
I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.
Mirai Nagasu -
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.
Mirai Nagasu -
Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.
Mirai Nagasu