16 Quotes by Matt Savoie

Lori Parker, one of our assistant team leaders here in Calgary has a daughter attending Kansas, who Bradley already beat this tournament so I had fun teasing her about that.

I think we're very strong. This season has been complicated obviously because this is an Olympic year and there are injuries. But at nationals I felt even though there were mistakes throughout the field, we're definitely sending a strong team, especially with Evan, the world bronze medalist, and Johnny's skating well. I think we're in good standing going in.

I was very happy I landed the triple Axel tonight.

Doubling the flip was a bit uncharacteristic as I haven't done that in over two years. I didn't run out of room for the second jump. My leg was swinging too wild and I couldn't control it enough for the second triple but that wasn't as important as landing the (triple) Axel.

I very likely would not be in this position had I not been working with her and had her support. Same thing with my family. They were all able to enjoy this whole experience with me.

It's great to know that I have people in Peoria that embrace me and support me throughout my career.

The new system is changing the way you run through a program.

Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation.

I'm confident that I'll skate my best. I'm not really thinking about medals at this point just because the Olympics is an award in itself.