Hockey is a religion in Canada and there will be a disproportionate amount of coverage of this. It is an issue we would rather have not occurred and we hope it doesn't take away from some of the other athletes. |
It shows we're doing something right. |
Mr. Gretzky has contributed so much to the sport it would be a shame to see anyone contaminated without proof. |
One would rightfully say that you shouldn't just be looking at the quantity of medals, you should also be looking at the quality of medals. |
There are countries that want only gold. We may move to that at some point. |
Tricia commands the greatest respect at a national and international level in sport due to her vast experience and knowledge. She is widely respected as a loyal champion for athletes because she always places their needs first. |
We had a great day and we have more to go. |
We look forward to continuing to work closely with Minister Chong as a full partner and to ongoing discussions about government support for the new summer sport excellence plan to help Canadian summer athletes reach the podium at upcoming Olympic Games. |
We thought we could do it and by gosh, Canada's Olympians have gone out and done it. |
We were hoping that soccer stadium would have some athletics facilities and a track associated with it, but as I understand it, the powers that be don't want to have a track there. We were disappointed to see that. |
We're tracking close to where we want to be. I think we're on track for where we would like to be at this time. |
You look at the enthusiasm across all winter sports and the results they're getting -- I think all the teams and kids believe in themselves in a way they never have in this country before. |