Nathan Chen

“Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'”

“My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship.”

“I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me.”

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

“I never got to go to prom or homecoming or a lot of the typical teenage stuff. But, if you think about it, I've gotten to go and meet different people and travel all over the world.”

“I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in love with the sport.”

“Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home.”

“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.”

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

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

“I've been working on it a lot, trying to find the artistic balance, trying to find purpose in my movement combined with the jumps.”

“I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps.”

“Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite.”

“From a logistical standpoint, I learned about when to peak, when to push, when to recover throughout the season.”

“The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.”

“Every day's a new day.”

“Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day.”

“I want to get another Olympic medal outside the team event.”

“I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience.”

“It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm...”