Nathan Chen Quotes

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.

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

Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

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.

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

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

Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.

I'm a speed skater. That's who I am, in my heart.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

Basketball and ping-pong are my two forms of exercise.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.

I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.

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

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.

I am a competitive figure skater. I've been doing that for the same amount of time I've been doing acting. Ever since I was two.

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

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.