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" 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. "

Patrick Chan

Try

Hurt

Enjoy

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End

Parents

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

" I have a life outside of skating. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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Big

Traveller

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

" 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. "

Patrick Chan

Love

Leaf

" Paris is beautiful, but nothing beats home. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Small

Good

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Strength

Down

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

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Idea

Always

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Seem

Really

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" 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!' "

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

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Own

Care

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Confidence

Doing