Nathan Chen Quotes

Nathan Chen

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 5, 1999

I want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines.

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We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had.

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Team U.S.A. is awesome.

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I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based.

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I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling.

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That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint.

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As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated.

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My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me.

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There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance.

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Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

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I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals.

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I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.

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I start in the morning with something like a breakfast burrito and a smoothie, something that gives me enough protein and carbs to start my day.

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Throughout the day, I'll snack a lot. I always have some breakfast cereal, like Kellogg's cereal, something on hand, so that I can just quickly get some carbs in.

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Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps.

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Maybe it's innate: I have a body built to jump.

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There's a lot of skaters that I look up to, and I think my biggest skating role models were the two Russian competitors at the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City. They really motivated me to follow my passion in skating, and it really blossomed from there.

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These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess.

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Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps.

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Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it.

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