Nathan Chen Quotes

Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.

Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating.

You have to be an athlete. A sense of timing is vital. So is dedication. Being a stuntman calls for qualities usually associated with being a dancer.

I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

For the off-ice training, I do basic strength training, and for the on-ice training, I practice jumps, spins, steps, and my new long program with my new coach Peter Oppegard.

Tap dancers find it very difficult to do anything other than tap if that is all they have been trained in because, again, it's a whole different ballgame that you're constantly working on - bent legs, loose ankles - which you cannot afford to do when you're doing jumps or anything else.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.

A big upper body is not a great thing for tennis, and for me, flexibility is important.

For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.

As I grew older and the dance became more competitive and more disciplined, that's when I started to realize that I'm an athlete.

My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.

Dancing really teaches you to be aware of your body, and that transitioned well into wrestling.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

I could do a standing back flip at 13.

If an athlete like Michael Jordan played tennis, he would be the best - he's flexible, not too bulky, and has unbelievable hand-to-eye coordination.