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" 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. "

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" I have a life outside of skating. "

" I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey. "

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

" There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after. "

" I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well. "

" I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. "

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

" Quads are very exciting to watch, but they're so quick, and they're very short moments in the program... I don't really enjoy it. "

" I'm not a big traveller. "

" When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters doing well. "

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

" I'm not good at multitasking. "

" 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!' "

" Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" My skating brought me to a level of being well known in Canada, but I've grown up having trained in the U.S. I haven't lost my roots in Canada thanks to the little rpminders again when I come home: People thanking me for what I do and for representing Canada in the world stage. "

" 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? "

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

" 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 relate really well to individuals who have a career and explore other adventures outside of skating. That, to me, is fascinating. "

" The lifestyle of Vancouver does seem to really draw me towards there. "

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

" I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "