25 Quotes by Pierre Lueders

What a lot of people don't understand is this year we've actually been better in the four-man. Our sled is suited very well to this track. I've been driving it better here. I know the guys are going to go crazy. We've known all year we have a really good chance in the four-man.

We tried staying away from the village to avoid distractions in 2002, and it was a logistical nightmare.

No one remembers how you finished in the World Cups in an Olympic season.

I'm a learning poker player. In certain races, we didn't show our best athletes or used our second best runners on the sled. You can gain a lot of confidence in races by seeing how much you can accomplish. Then you think how much better you can do once you put in the best.

I don't want to be a competitor; I want to win races.

If that's how they want to play, they can look at the time sheet after the second run. I'm getting tired of it. That was a little bit of motivation on the second run.

Lascelles is a very unique individual. He's team-first and himself second. Sometimes that's very difficult to find in bobsled. He raises the competitiveness of all his team-mates.

Patience, I guess. We still have some time.

I think he's the best athlete on the Canadian team and I know how proud he is to represent this country.