“When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont B...” — Patrick Chan Quote

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.

Experience is a funny thing. You don't always have it when you need it.

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.

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

All I can say is I'm proud to be Canadian.

I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.

There are people who I still knock around with from the Primrose Hill set, but they have found sobriety, too, and are doing their own things.

I'll die on the hill of my records, but I won't die on the hill of my tweets.

I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour Lane.

He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.