28 Quotes by Russ Howard

It is huge. It is easy to gloat after you have won but Canada has the most depth, the best depth. Canada deserved a gold medal somewhere along the line and I'm just so happy it was us.

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. As you've just seen, it's hard to know who is going to be your best representative and once you start narrowing the teams down, it makes it a little tougher.

The 10th end man, exciting - a real finish.

You don't expect to get that chance. Obviously in curling you have a better chance than in some of these other sports.

We played really well the last half of the game, but it was slightly too late.

We get a couple of days at the Athletes Village at the start and a few days after the curling, so it should be an enjoyable time.

We had an Italian gentleman come to one of the curling receptions we were at as a team and we tasted some of the wines from the Italian region we will be visiting. He tried to help us with some Italian words, but I can't remember half of the words he taught us.

To get over there and to be part of the opening ceremonies and realize you are an Olympian for the rest of your life, and no one can take that away is, to me, 90 per cent of the experience. If we win a medal, that's a bonus.

Brad is a student of the game and this is a very well-prepared young team. Usually young teams have a lot of flaws, in how they prepare for the games and strategy, but not these guys.