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.
More Quotes by Nathan Chen
It's crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.
Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.
Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'
I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters.
There's a lot of skaters that I look up to, and I think my biggest skating role models were the two Russian competitors at the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City. They really motivated me to follow my passion in skating, and it really blossomed from there.
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.