I thought I got (Li) at the line anyway. |
I thought I timed the start just perfect. It worked out well for me. |
I was going to after-Oscar parties. I was mingling with the Hollywood crowd. It's really easy to become distracted when you have opportunities to do that kind of stuff. There's no way I would ever turn that stuff down, but it's important for me to realize why I'm here, what I'm trying to do and the goals I'm trying to accomplish. |
I was really bothered by it. I grew up around many Asian cultures, Korean one of them. A lot of my best friends were Korean growing up. I just didn't understand. Later on I realized that was built up by certain people and that was directed at me, negative energy from other things, not even resulting around the sport, but around politics, using me to stand on the pedestal as the anti-American sentiment. |
I'm extremely happy I was able to bounce back after the 1,500. That was pretty devastating to me. To make it onto the podium tonight, it was a success. |
I'm just having fun out there. It's the last week of the games. I just want to enjoy every race. |
I'm not a clotheshorse but I do like to look good. |
I've been searching my entire career for the perfect race and that was it. |
I've seen almost every country do it. If you go over to Asia and you say 'team skating' they'll have no idea what you are talking about. They'll be like, 'oh that's illegal, oh really that's interesting.' It's hard, very hard. Two or three (athletes) of any of the same country in any race is hard. I'll have to overcome that and that's a big challenge. |
It might have been his hip and my shoulder, but I don't know. I've got to go back and look. |
It was good. I had a lot of fun. |
It was just total instincts. I just let it go. |
It's hard to change with a sport that's always getting faster, people getting stronger, new guys are coming up, especially in my sport. I felt like I needed something to help me to be able to compete at the top level. |
It's hard, it's really hard. |
It's really going to be crazy. It's going to be the highlight of the Games. It's going to be a rough race. Something is going to happen, and we hope we're not a part of it. |