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" 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. "
Patrick Chan
Loved
Baby
Born
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" In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs. "
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" I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community. "
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" I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something. "
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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 love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport. "
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" 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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" I carry a lot of muscle easily. "
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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!' "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from. "
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" 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. "
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You
Special
Help
" 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. "
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Hope
Win
Two
" 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
Up
Always
" 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. "
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Confidence
Doing
Go
" I'm not a big traveller. "
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Big
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" 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. "
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Me
Love
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" I have so much to give to skating in Canada. "
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Skating
Much
Give
" 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. "
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Cool
People
Look
" I have a life outside of skating. "
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Skating
Life
Outside
" All I can say is I'm proud to be Canadian. "
Patrick Chan
Say
Canadian
I Can
" Skating has given me so many opportunities. "
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Me
Given
Skating
" 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? "
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Doing
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People
" 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. "
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Will
" Traditionally, skaters tend to tie their skates very tightly. I tend to just tie my foot down, then in the ankle area, I tend to keep it loose. It gives me better mobility. But also, you're relying on your own strength as opposed to resting on the boot. "
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Strength
Down
Me
" Paris is beautiful, but nothing beats home. "
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Beautiful
Home
Paris
" 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. "
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World
Home
Lost
" 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. "
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Try
Hurt
Enjoy
" 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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Game
You
Work
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