Ben Agosto Quotations

We felt like we skated pretty well and we got good marks. And we're looking forward to better performances on Sunday (original dance) and Monday (free dance).

We tried to catch up on sleep. We're slightly exhausted. It's good to catch up a little on sleep. Then it's back to training and getting ready for the World Championships.

We really feel this medal belongs to a lot of people who have come before us and who have put in years and years of dedication. We definitely wouldn't be here without those people. They've been building the sport in the U.S. for years.

She's lived in the U.S. for eight years now. So really, this was more of a formality.

Since we've gotten back, a lot of kids have come to the rink. It's really special to feel that we may be helping to inspire future skaters and future champions.

It came down really to a question of logistics. Having our coach and our training facility here in Michigan, this just made much more sense.

I think the moment we saw the flag rising was the one we did not allow ourselves to even imagine.

It doesn't seem like very long ago that we were the new kids on the block, and really tried to claw our way up from the rear of the pack, so it's a very exciting feeling for us to come in and be as confident as we are.

Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many different kinds of people there. It breeds a certain self-confidence and a willingness to work hard for what you want. I don't know, maybe they put something in the water -- the river is green.

We were much looser. I love the Latin dance, it's my favorite program and to skate like that was fantastic.

We really looked up to Jamie and Justin, because they paved the way for us as the up-and-coming U.S. team. It's an unbelievable accomplishment for Jamie to come back.

We never get the opportunity to compete in compulsories with that kind of an audience.

This whole season we really had our sights set on the world championships because we didn't think we would be able to be here. They were our main goal, and we're looking forward to improving our skates and moving up the ranks even further.

We knew there were seven or eight teams with a chance of making the podium, and the new system allows for unpredictability. I feel this medal belongs to a lot of people who built the sport in the U.S. and weren't able to break through.

We always try to keep our mind-set on only the things we can control in our performance.

We weren't sure that we were even going to be here. To now be here and have a medal around our neck, it's amazing.

We feel the pressure, but we felt that at the world championships last year, when no American team had ever won silver. We came through there, and we think we can do it again at the Olympics.

That's going to make us feel right at home. We're lucky to have so many good skaters to work with.

This is an extremely close competition and this is the first time we've been in a competition that is so close. It makes everything count all that much more.

This is absolutely amazing. We really feel this medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of support. And for the teams that came before us and put in years of dedication building the sport of ice dancing in the U.S.

This has been a very up and down year with our emotions. We were not even sure we'd be here, and to now be here and with this medal around our necks is amazing.

It's always a surprise when the numbers come up. You don't know what to expect.

It's been a very up and down (few) years with emotions. To now be here and have a medal around our neck is just amazing.

It's been an up-and-down year of emotions. We didn't know if we'd be here.

It's been one of the most exciting things for us to see, in the years that we've been competing, the level of interest growing, crowds being bigger.

The new system allows for some of that unpredictability.

That question fills me with euphoria. We don't want to bog ourselves down with thinking too much. We want to go and enjoy the experience.

It's very exciting to be here, but at the same time, we have to work extra hard to keep our emotions under control.

I really feel this medal belongs not just to us, but to a lot of people who put in a lot of hard work and weren't able to break through. We were very inspired by them.

I really feel that this medal belongs to a lot of people who, year in and year out, put in dedication to this sport, who came before us and built the sport of ice dancing in the States.

I really feel that this medal belongs to a lot of people who put in years and years of hard work and dedication in this sport; the teams who came before us and were never able to break through.

All the ups and downs have really made us appreciate what we have now all the more. We're just absolutely thrilled, and we couldn't be happier.