I want a medal around my neck at the MCG in March and I'm not making any bold statements that I'll win gold, but I want to make the final. Anything is possible from there and I can't wait to prove I have what it takes.

I'm not going to make any bold statements or anything, but magical things happen in March. The teams that are the tightest-knit groups, play smart and play together, the teams that do that are the teams that go deepest in the tournament.

[Breaking his neck] was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.

The fact the Chinese have published these statements by Bush -- when they did not publish details of U.S. offers to help in the search for the pilot -- may reflect a more conciliatory approach,

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

March on. Don't look in the rearview, just the windshield.