So I said to myself, if I was going to drive two hours, I might as well go home and see my mother and the rest of the family. |
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. As you've just seen, it's hard to know who is going to be your best representative and once you start narrowing the teams down, it makes it a little tougher. |
The 10th end man, exciting - a real finish. |
The doctors aren't sure. We've had a lot of pasta and pizza - maybe the sausage, maybe that's part of it. |
The ice is so straight, they're trying to do things (to fix it), there's less pebble, some flat spots result. |
This is huge for Canada. Don't take this the wrong way, but Canada deserved a gold medal somewhere along the line. I'm just happy it's us. |
To get over there and to be part of the opening ceremonies and realize you are an Olympian for the rest of your life, and no one can take that away is, to me, 90 per cent of the experience. If we win a medal, that's a bonus. |
We get a couple of days at the Athletes Village at the start and a few days after the curling, so it should be an enjoyable time. |
We had an Italian gentleman come to one of the curling receptions we were at as a team and we tasted some of the wines from the Italian region we will be visiting. He tried to help us with some Italian words, but I can't remember half of the words he taught us. |
We played really well the last half of the game, but it was slightly too late. |
We're starting to get more excited about it. It's still a long way off, even though we're leaving today. We get to Italy on Feb. 8 and we don't start competing till Feb. 13, but (there's) the excitement of being there for the opening ceremonies, the Olympics themselves and the ambiance that goes with it. |
When I heard I was on the short list to be selected, I thought that was pretty cool. |
You don't expect to get that chance. Obviously in curling you have a better chance than in some of these other sports. |