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I like biology a lot.
Every day's a new day.
Team U.S.A. is awesome.
I genuinely dislike sequins.
I've always had Russian coaches.
I want to be a full-package skater.
I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders.
Maybe it's innate: I have a body built to jump.
I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.
It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.
I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event.
That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint.
I always carry my phone with me. I always have a computer on me.
Sometimes thinking about the Olympics makes me a little nervous.
My family and parents were very influential in my skating career.
Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs.
Like my parents taught me, never give up, and always love what you do.
I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.
I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me.
My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship.
Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing.
That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters.
Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps.
Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day.
The Olympics have really motivated me, ever since I started skating as a little kid.
I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.
I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters.
Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'
My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.
I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching.
I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps.
There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance.
You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough.
It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.
I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can.
I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery.
Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.
I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes.
Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it.
I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.
Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.
My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me.
The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.
It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again.
I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted.
Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps.
These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess.
From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season.
I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool.
Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.