People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no idea what they're capable of doing. If Sidney Crosby hadn't scored that goal to win the Olympic gold medal, there's no telling what might have ensued.