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" My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career. "

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

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

" I carry a lot of muscle easily. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The attitude is different in the U.S. I feel like, in Canada, there is more of a sense of community and more of a sense of, 'I'll take the shirt off my back to help you because you're my neighbour.' There is not many of us, right? So each and every Canadian is very special. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Paris is beautiful, but nothing beats home. "

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

" I have a life outside of skating. "

" When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm not a big traveller. "

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

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

" I'm not good at multitasking. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

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