Chris Rudge Quotations

There are countries that want only gold. We may move to that at some point.

We thought we could do it and by gosh, Canada's Olympians have gone out and done it.

Mr. Gretzky has contributed so much to the sport it would be a shame to see anyone contaminated without proof.

One would rightfully say that you shouldn't just be looking at the quantity of medals, you should also be looking at the quality of medals.

Hockey is a religion in Canada and there will be a disproportionate amount of coverage of this. It is an issue we would rather have not occurred and we hope it doesn't take away from some of the other athletes.

We look forward to continuing to work closely with Minister Chong as a full partner and to ongoing discussions about government support for the new summer sport excellence plan to help Canadian summer athletes reach the podium at upcoming Olympic Games.

We were hoping that soccer stadium would have some athletics facilities and a track associated with it, but as I understand it, the powers that be don't want to have a track there. We were disappointed to see that.

Tricia commands the greatest respect at a national and international level in sport due to her vast experience and knowledge. She is widely respected as a loyal champion for athletes because she always places their needs first.

You look at the enthusiasm across all winter sports and the results they're getting -- I think all the teams and kids believe in themselves in a way they never have in this country before.

We're tracking close to where we want to be. I think we're on track for where we would like to be at this time.

We had a great day and we have more to go.