He's more vocal. We get very emotional because he is trying to talk to us. We're very encouraged.

He's much more vocal. Everything is so new to him. He was operated on just two months ago, so he's hearing and responding like a 2-month-old baby.

I'm about to get choked up talking about it. It was very emotional. I was very, very proud to be an American.

It's an amazing feeling. I want to go through it again because I want to share it with them.

I truly feel blessed and honored to have that title. I'm really excited that my grandkids will be reading about me in history books.

It was different in 2002 because we were in the United States. It was our home track and we had been training on that track for years. But I think we've been having some excellent runs these last few days so I'm ready. I think we are going to do really well.

They got their passports when they were 5 months old.

We had our one bad run. We said, 'no more bad runs.' We just want to have fun and do our best.

We all want the best for the U.S.. We represent our country, not just ourselves. Obviously, we're happy to see them. If not us, then another U.S. team.

Every time she did it, he looked for that. Of course, that made us feel really good.