Vincent Zhou
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I can definitely relate to that. Even in individual sports, non-team based sports, the community you build is so strong because everyone faces challenges together and that unites you. It unites the way you think about things, the way you approach challenges. It builds respect for each other's character. So I'm sure he was a man of incredible character and integrity. And I'm sorry for your loss.
I can definitely relate to that. Even in individual sports, non-team based sports, the community you build is so strong because everyone faces challenges together and that unites you. It unites the way you think about things, the way you approach challenges. It builds respect for each other's character. So I'm sure he was a man of incredible character and integrity. And I'm sorry for your loss.
I think that environment is so important. You can have all the right ingredients in a person to build greatness, but if they're in the wrong environment, it's never gonna catalyze. The chemical reaction is never gonna take off. You gotta have the right environment.
I think that environment is so important. You can have all the right ingredients in a person to build greatness, but if they're in the wrong environment, it's never gonna catalyze. The chemical reaction is never gonna take off. You gotta have the right environment.
I think that environment is so important. You can have all the right ingredients in a person to build greatness, but if they're in the wrong environment, it's never gonna catalyze. The chemical reaction is never gonna take off. You gotta have the right environment.
And I think that for me, moving to Southern California, being able to train under a world-class coach, switching from physical school to online school, basically allowing me to dedicate ample time and resources and allowing my life to start converging around maximizing my performance on the ice every day, I think that's all it took because the rest of the baseline ingredients were already there.
And I think that for me, moving to Southern California, being able to train under a world-class coach, switching from physical school to online school, basically allowing me to dedicate ample time and resources and allowing my life to start converging around maximizing my performance on the ice every day, I think that's all it took because the rest of the baseline ingredients were already there.
And I think that for me, moving to Southern California, being able to train under a world-class coach, switching from physical school to online school, basically allowing me to dedicate ample time and resources and allowing my life to start converging around maximizing my performance on the ice every day, I think that's all it took because the rest of the baseline ingredients were already there.
Grit, curiosity, willingness to experiment, willingness to learn. willingness to go at it over and over again. My coach didn't have to tell me to work harder. She had to tell me to stop. I remember getting yelled at so many times because I was doing too much.
Grit, curiosity, willingness to experiment, willingness to learn. willingness to go at it over and over again. My coach didn't have to tell me to work harder. She had to tell me to stop. I remember getting yelled at so many times because I was doing too much.
Grit, curiosity, willingness to experiment, willingness to learn. willingness to go at it over and over again. My coach didn't have to tell me to work harder. She had to tell me to stop. I remember getting yelled at so many times because I was doing too much.
And she was afraid that I would hurt myself, not only from doing too many reps of things that I already knew how to do, but also from trying new stuff, harder stuff. Actually, I have a funny story about that later on in my career when in the middle, around the middle of my career, when I was learning quadruple jumps, which are jumps with four rotations in the air.
And she was afraid that I would hurt myself, not only from doing too many reps of things that I already knew how to do, but also from trying new stuff, harder stuff. Actually, I have a funny story about that later on in my career when in the middle, around the middle of my career, when I was learning quadruple jumps, which are jumps with four rotations in the air.
And she was afraid that I would hurt myself, not only from doing too many reps of things that I already knew how to do, but also from trying new stuff, harder stuff. Actually, I have a funny story about that later on in my career when in the middle, around the middle of my career, when I was learning quadruple jumps, which are jumps with four rotations in the air.
At the time there were only two other people in the world doing quadruple LUTs and I knew I had it in me to try it, to do it successfully. I wanted to prove my theory correct, but I know that I knew that my coach would probably disapprove. So I waited until one afternoon when she was gone golfing. And then I tried it on an afternoon session and I landed it on my third try.
At the time there were only two other people in the world doing quadruple LUTs and I knew I had it in me to try it, to do it successfully. I wanted to prove my theory correct, but I know that I knew that my coach would probably disapprove. So I waited until one afternoon when she was gone golfing. And then I tried it on an afternoon session and I landed it on my third try.
At the time there were only two other people in the world doing quadruple LUTs and I knew I had it in me to try it, to do it successfully. I wanted to prove my theory correct, but I know that I knew that my coach would probably disapprove. So I waited until one afternoon when she was gone golfing. And then I tried it on an afternoon session and I landed it on my third try.
And for reference, it takes people years to learn a single axle, which is one and a half rotations. It usually takes years, even I would say months for even the most talented skaters to learn triples. So landing the quadruple lots on my third try on the first day was a testament to how I... scientifically approached, how I scientifically approached my jumps.
And for reference, it takes people years to learn a single axle, which is one and a half rotations. It usually takes years, even I would say months for even the most talented skaters to learn triples. So landing the quadruple lots on my third try on the first day was a testament to how I... scientifically approached, how I scientifically approached my jumps.
And for reference, it takes people years to learn a single axle, which is one and a half rotations. It usually takes years, even I would say months for even the most talented skaters to learn triples. So landing the quadruple lots on my third try on the first day was a testament to how I... scientifically approached, how I scientifically approached my jumps.