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.

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.

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

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.

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 genuinely dislike sequins.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

My skating career won't last forever.

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.

Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs.

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

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

I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery.

I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

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