It's definitely a thrill. We know it's expected, but it's still a thrill.

This fund alleviates so many stresses. I know ($6,000) sounds, to most people, like an insignificant number. But talk to any Canadian athlete and they'll tell you it's a huge number.

This is a full-time program for Canada. We have full-time trainers and full-time coaches. They put a lot of money into us.

The client is not always right.

It's true that I have never met any man whom I thought altogether resembled me - but only because my faults are so enormous.

One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.