Athlete

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

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.

I'm not a big traveller.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I have a life outside of skating.

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.

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.