Mirai Nagasu Quotes

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student, on the contrary, keeps on trying to do something or the other to achieve his goals.

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.

I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.

I wrote down the grades I wanted in every class.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.

I'm passionate about schoolwork because I don't like getting bad grades.

I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else.

For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first.

I was a brilliant student. I always try to be the best.

I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

I think if I was less exigent with myself, maybe I would be more productive, because I would put less pressure on my shoulders.

School did stress me out, like it does for a lot of young people. I didn't like having to do work that I didn't care about.

If a teacher goes, 'Do you guys want an easy test?' You're going to say, 'Heck, yeah.' The less you've got to study, I'm going ace this test.

If a student believes that taking too many exams is hard or skipping advanced courses for a lighter load is a better deal, just wait until he or she goes to college and needs to prepare for finals or has to figure out complex work problems in a stressful environment.

I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at.