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All Quotes by author - Patrick Chan

" All I can say is I'm proud to be Canadian. "

" Although it's hard some days to wake up an hour earlier to do the gym workout as opposed to other skaters who just show up to the rink, I know that if I don't do it, my day will be much worse. I might as well not even skate, actually. "

" Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture. "

" Even when I'm winning, hands-down the best, it's a struggle. I'm thinking, 'Oh, God! Just get me through this.' It's like surgery. "

" Every Olympics, we always end up having someone on the podium that we had no idea, or we didn't expect them to be. "

" Experience is a funny thing. You don't always have it when you need it. "

" I can do all my jumps in practice, three in a row, five out of five, four out of five. "

" I can't count on both hands how many Grand Prixs I've done and how many world championships I've been to, so I think I've really earned the experience to know that when I step on the ice at nationals and when I step on the ice at the Olympics that I feel completely aware of my environment and what to expect. "

" I carry a lot of muscle easily. "

" I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something. "

" I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself. "

" If I ever got in the way of Kurt Browning or Elvis Stojko, and they got mad and yelled at me, I'd be, 'Oh my God! I'm so sorry!' "

" If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete. "

" I get mad at my mom. I really wish she'd put me into hockey. I'm not gifted with height, but look at Martin St-Louis. He's unbelievable. He's small, but he's so fast, so skilful. I think I could have been pretty good. "

" I have a good idea of how lucky we are to be growing up in Canada. "

" I have a life outside of skating. "

" I have so much to give to skating in Canada. "

" I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome. "

" I hope that people will one day look back at my skating and what I brought to the table. 'Remember when Patrick skated like this? Or remember when skating was like this?' That would be a cool legacy to leave behind. "

" I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the net. With figure skating, it's not as simple, and there is a ton of work that goes into it. "

" I'll always represent Canada. I was born here, and my parents chose to immigrate here. There are so many things I don't see in other countries, I see here. I love having the Maple Leaf behind me. "

" I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport. "

" I'm competing against men who are doing five quads between the short program and the long program, and I'm at three between the two programs. Who would ever imagine that three wasn't enough for some people? "

" I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity. "

" I'm going to stick to what I can do... because if I try and,,, do the impossible, I will either get too frustrated to the point where I won't enjoy the sport anymore, or I will get hurt and maybe have to get hip replacements at age 30. "

" I'm not a big traveller. "

" I'm not good at multitasking. "

" I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from. "

" I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community. "

" In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating is their lives. "

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