The guys showed their true character pushing one hundredth (of a second) faster. That's what this race will be about. If I have the same two runs (today), I'll be happy.

He really motivated the guys on the second push. He knows now what it takes to win something at the Olympics. The other guys, they follow his lead.

He's not going to go away. He does well on this track.

I'm scared for sure, for sure. All I guess I can say is I hope, I just hope that everything we've done and the people who are helping us out and they know who they are we just hope that everything happens that we can be given a chance.

I'm really happy we are now consistently in the hunt for a podium spot. We only have a couple of races before the Olympics so it is time to get things in gear.

The fact that we've been given a chance to go there as a team and compete as a team as we have all year, is really what it's all about this year for me.

I've got two young guys ... and it's their first Olympics. I think maybe the first push, everybody was feeling a bit of the nerves. But in your first Olympics, you expect that.

It is the first time in two years that we drew the No. 1 start position, so we just told each other to set the time of the day and see if anyone can beat it.

It's a long road he took to get here. That's why I was emotional. It just that it wasn't a normal road to get here. A couple weeks ago I didn't have a brakeman. Back home for Christmas, I kept thinking I might have to drive him to the airport in St. Moritz to fly home and watch the Olympics from there.

Right now the race is over and we have another race to focus on.