Apolo Ohno Quotations | Page 2

I thought I got (Li) at the line anyway.

I was really bothered by it. I grew up around many Asian cultures, Korean one of them. A lot of my best friends were Korean growing up. I just didn't understand. Later on I realized that was built up by certain people and that was directed at me, negative energy from other things, not even resulting around the sport, but around politics, using me to stand on the pedestal as the anti-American sentiment.

Competitions, our preparation, our time and our focus are much different than most people.

On this night, on this occasion, on this Olympic day, I was able to come through.

Oh, I can't wait. It's so beautiful, the people, the culture, and we all love the food. It's going to be spectacular.

One guy wins and one guy loses, but it's not entirely up to him. Our sport is so crazy that on any given Sunday, anybody can win. You can run the same race over and over five times, and you'll probably get five different winners. It's wild.

It (stinks). I didn't make the final. I'm disappointed. I wanted to make that final. I feel like I could have made that final. Today just wasn't my day.

It was just total instincts. I just let it go.

The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better.