I'm disappointed in ourselves and our own expectations that we came into the games with, which may not have been realistic. |
I'm hoping the county will follow the city's lead. |
In Beijing, China's public will have the opportunity to experience firsthand our country through the conduct of our delegation at those Games. So their behavior and how they conduct themselves will be exceptionally important. |
In Salt Lake City we were on our home soil, very friendly environment, same time zone, home-cooked meals, competing in front of friends and family. We expect a more difficult time here, but we clearly have a great group of athletes. |
In Salt Lake City, we had a wonderful opportunity to participate on our home soil. We had a home crowd and a friendly environment. We were in the same time zone or similar time zone to where the athletes trained. You're eating home-cooked meals with friends and family. And I think familiarity with the venues helped as well. |
It is a little bit our fault that this team has been viewed a little bit less than that because of the high expectations we all had. |
It nice to know that people aren't laughing at us when we show up any more. |
It was a tough Games. Overall, this has been a great performance. We didn't achieve our total capability because of the high expectations coming in. It's a little bit our fault. |
It will be the largest Olympic sports competition in the history of the world. |
It's a case of mismanaged expectations and unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances. |
It's certainly the most significant challenge we've faced in a very long time as an Olympic movement in the United States. |
It's more of a direct competition and direct threat. While we have to learn how to compete for medals in those sports where we don't normally contend, such as the Nordic areas, we certainly have to take very seriously those threats to our current medals. |
It's unfortunate that a few colored the rest of the delegation. We will be making some significant adjustments going into Beijing and Vancouver. |
It's unpredictable. They compete on snow and ice and anything can happen. But we feel good about it. |
Many people don't realize that women's wrestling is now an Olympic sport, ... It was a great experience for me to coach that team. It was an honor to be selected to do so. |