I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that's a big deal.

Mirai Nagasu

Categorized in : Big Lady Here History

Just really believe in yourself and stay true to yourself.

yourself believe-in-yourself believe

If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going.

going get keep-going fall

I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me?

feel better me butterfly

Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school.

parents me work school

If you really put your mind to it, anything is possible.

your you anything-is-possible mind

When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced. I mostly balance both by drinking a lot of coffee and making sure I time manage well, which doesn't happen all the time, especially during finals week.

focus coffee home time

Never lose your undying belief in yourself and your abilities.

lose your yourself never

I have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long.

i-am me confidence determination

Narcissism is just self-confidence.

self-confidence just narcissism

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

last place you hard

It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.

reach story me people

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

student get always freak

There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.

me you love life

You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters.

never you ready time

I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say.

say amazing always results

Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle.

meaning feel team special

I can snap my toes. Everyone keeps asking me this, but I know it's kind of weird, but I think it's fun that I can snap my toes.

weird think me fun

I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes.

person will everything bed

When I'm at home, I'm a real big cuddler, so I sleep with my dog in my arms.

real dog home sleep

I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang.

me enjoy mom sea