38 Quotes by Tanith Belbin

To be here at all was an amazing experience. We were very happy with how we did, and to have the result that we did was just icing on the cake.

The moment we saw the flag rising, we hadn't allowed ourselves to imagine. We didn't want to create a dream that we couldn't attain because it might be out of our control.

The moment we saw the flag rising was one we hadn't allowed ourselves to even imagine because we didn't want to create a dream we couldn't obtain for reasons outside of our control. It was definitely a new sight for us to see and one we don't even know how we're going to react to when it comes to us.

All athletes here, U.S. athletes in particular ... have added pressure to add to that medal count. We felt pressure mostly from ourselves, pressure to prove to ourselves that there was a reason and we were destined to be here. We didn't really have a storybook ending in mind, but this was pretty close.

The U.S. team has always been welcoming to me. Now I've put that last hurdle behind us, and we can go to the Olympics.

It's just the best Christmas gift I could ever ask for.

It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was several years ago when we had just moved up to seniors and we could barely handle ourselves on the ice with this dance.

It's our first Olympics, and a lot of the teams that are competing with us here are second- or third-time Olympians. It's great to be able to come here and get a medal our first time out, when we didn't even know we would be here. You can't ask for more.

It's unnatural to think that in the past that everyone was equally strong in the compulsory, free and original dance. ... I'm proud to be part of this generation of ice dancing.