David Pelletier Quotations

We probably have a different viewpoint. But the one thing we have in common is that we were all athletes being thrown into this mess together.

In the last year, we leased 3.5 million square feet of space -- more than we ever had in a single year. It absorbed a lot of the available space that we have. We have 600,000 square feet available, where we'd like to have about 1 million.

I always question a little bit that event, ice dancing. Because I've been in skating a long time and I'm still not sure what I'm watching sometimes. I don't know if I'm watching some kind of a dress-up event, where whoever has the best dress is going to win, maybe, or who has the best hair extensions.

Nobody asked us how we'd like to receive (their gold medals). It sure wouldn't have been the way it was done. But you quickly realize the athletes have no say in what happens at the Olympics except for your performance. After that, you lose control.

It was a great TV moment, not a great athlete moment.

It doesn't take away anything from what we did. We're still proud, and we still enjoyed 100 percent our Olympic experience.

Corruption in skating has been there for 100 years, and it still will be there. We just won't know about it.

Jamie is my best friend and I look forward to spending the rest of my life with her.

I was one of the first to bring up that question, and I still haven't gotten an answer.

We're happy that justice was done. It doesn't take away anything from (the Russian skaters). It was not something against them. It was something against the system.