Patrick Chan Quotes

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

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

I'm not a big traveller.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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