Patrick Chan Quotes

I have so much to give to skating in Canada.

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

I dreamed big. So it's so great to be living my own dream. I'm working in an industry that I want to work in, and I'm doing something that I love every day. So I feel really lucky to have had so many opportunities.

You know I've watched the All-Star game as a little boy... and to have the opportunity now to play in it is so overwhelming.

I feel like I don't have to win anymore. I've had a wonderful career. Tennis has given me so much, things I would have never expected in my life. I feel honored to even be a part of such a wonderful sport.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

I feel blessed - I am a woman who has been able to work in the entertainment business for five decades. I don't want to age, but I would never take back a year for the wisdom I've gained in that time.

I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.

You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.

Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.

I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

To have that opportunity to direct under my belt was fantastic, so I'm glad I did it.

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.