A biography for Patrick Chanhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.”
“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 have so much to give to skating in Canada.”
“I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.”
“Experience is a funny thing. You don't always have it when you need it.”
“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.”
“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 have a life outside of skating.”
“I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.”
“Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Skating has given me so many opportunities.”
“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.”
“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'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.”
“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 do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.”