Bart Schouten Quotations

She's laid back, but we all know she can step up when she wants to. In the big competitions, she always skates well. She WILL skate well at these Olympics.

Of course, he's upset. But he couldn't blame anybody and didn't want to blame anybody. When he loses, he blames himself.

He couldn't pop off it because it wasn't stable. We figured it out last night and worked it out. We should have fixed that skate (before the 1,500). We made a big mistake.

Joey, to me, is the favorite now because of the way he's been skating.

I think it's the strongest team we've ever fielded.

Sure, some words have been exchanged. They've been talking about training together next year, and I hope they still feel that way.

I think he saw his opportunity to do an Armstrong. Chad just took off like no one I've ever seen.

We were hoping for a miracle, but we knew she wasn't skating so well. The word she used yesterday was 'embarrassing.' It's not what this girl can do.

We checked the skates. I don't see how we could have missed it. It's bizarre, something I'd never seen before.

To be honest, I thought he was in trouble. Then I saw him look back (at his rival), and I said, 'Oh, this is something special.' That was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen.

We should have fixed the skate, that was a big mistake.

This is such a huge relief, a big burden off his shoulders. I think he can definitely get back on the podium again. We've got six weeks to make it happen.

For a rookie, he did pretty good with a gold, silver and bronze. I think he learned a ton.

I remember how Bob skated very, very bad in Salt Lake. I know his parents well, and I remember hugging his mom for about 10 minutes when she was crying, having to console her. So if it's not Chad, then I'm happy for him to win.

I remembered hugging his mom for 10 minutes in Salt Lake City trying to console her. I started tearing up remembering that moment in Salt Lake City.

He's learned a lot about the sport in the last two years. The next Olympics are going to be even better than this one.

He's an emotional guy. But I don't think he understood why this was happening. He was a little thrown off that he was like this ? like he didn't know himself. ... But we were positive and tried to reinforce the things that we had talked about.