“I am an athlete, and as an athlete it’s normal to keep challenging to do more and more.”

— Yuzuru Hanyu

Interpretation of a Japanese interview, as quoted in an article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/sports/olympics/yuzuru-hanyu.html of The New York Times, written by Jeré Longman, published 4 January 2018. (Retrieved 10 September 2020)
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