Mirai Nagasu Quotes

Mirai Nagasu

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 16, 1993

I think my own thinking is harsher than my mom's discipline.

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I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard.

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I've learned a lot from my parents.

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My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is.

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I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!

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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 think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice.

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My mom is really dedicated to me. She drives me to school and skating, wakes up for me, and I'm just really appreciative.

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I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well.

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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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I always want to try for what's been offered to me.

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I've dreamed about going to the Olympics ever since I was young.

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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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It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.

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As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.

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I wanted to make America proud.

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My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.

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A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd!

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I think, as a skater, I started out really strongly, and as I have grown in the public eye, I have had my rough seasons that most people don't get as much attention for.

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