It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not.

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.

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.

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.

My parents always enforce the idea of never giving up upon all of my siblings and me, and I think that's something that will stick with me my whole life.

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 on the right path.

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 genuinely dislike sequins.

Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.

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.

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

There are always times when you don't want to go to the rink, or you don't want to do all the things you're supposed to do. Sometimes you're exhausted, or it's been a long week, but I always remind myself that this is my Olympic dream and the passion, because I love the sport very much.

I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their 20s.

I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted.

My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well.

My family and parents were very influential in my skating career.

I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can.

It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.

The Olympics have really motivated me, ever since I started skating as a little kid.

There's always things that I can improve on.

Really, I'm just a normal kid.

In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say.

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

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 want to be a full-package skater.

I like biology a lot.

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

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.

If it's time to indulge, I love desserts, especially Hershey's chocolate. I also love sushi and Japanese food. Food is my favorite in general.

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.

I think doing a quint is very, very difficult.

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

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.

As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated.

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

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

I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders.

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

Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes.

I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.

Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.

An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement.

Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing.

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

Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S.

I wanted to be a goalie.

I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching.

I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out.

My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.

I've always had Russian coaches.