“For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal...” — Mirai Nagasu Quote

“For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal.”

“Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.”

“A lot of people know me for my speed and my flexibility. I like to jump, but I'm not really the best jumper. I'm more of a spinner.”

“The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.”

“I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'”

“Saying good-bye on 'Nurse Jackie' was a really big deal, so I'm sure I was keeping myself guarded from ever having to feel anything like that again on another job, especially a death scene.”