I'm so excited, so proud of everybody -- it's an amazing group. We've all been through so much just to get here. |
In 2002 I was sitting at home watching the Opening Ceremonies and, realizing I could have been there, it was pretty emotional, much harder that I thought it would be. I turned the Games off pretty quick and pretty much ignored them. |
In 2002, I was sitting at home watching the opening ceremonies, not knowing how emotional it would be knowing I could have been there. I turned it off pretty quick. I don't know what it would have felt like if we'd had to do it again. I'm glad we don't. |
It feels very special to be a part of both countries. I follow the Canadian team, I keep an eye on how they're doing, so it does feel as if I'm connected to both teams, but as a skater, I'm American. |
It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was several years ago when we had just moved up to seniors and we could barely handle ourselves on the ice with this dance. |
It's been a crazy roller-coaster ride. |
It's just the best Christmas gift I could ever ask for. |
It's our first Olympics, and a lot of the teams that are competing with us here are second- or third-time Olympians. It's great to be able to come here and get a medal our first time out, when we didn't even know we would be here. You can't ask for more. |
It's really important for us to explain to everyone what an honor and a blessing it's been to feel the embrace of this city. We've always felt so supported and honored. |
It's so incredibly wonderful to see the movement, because it's unrealistic to think that each team has equally strong compulsory, original and free (programs). Everybody has different strengths, and we're so glad to be part of this generation of ice dancing. |
It's unnatural to think that in the past that everyone was equally strong in the compulsory, free and original dance. ... I'm proud to be part of this generation of ice dancing. |
Lots of teams feel better staying at home and just taking it easy and building up themselves in training. But for us, it's definitely better to come here. These are the same international judges who will judge us at the Olympics and we want their feedback. |
Obviously, we could have done better. I had a few stumbles, but I wasn't anticipating to come here and have three flawless performances. |
She referenced that when she spoke with us, and she's extremely supportive. It was very, very nice to meet her. |
The energy the U.S. team created within itself was really amazing. No one really could contain themselves anymore. |