I don't know what the answer is. First we have to call the question: Can we still do this together? I think the question Bode has to answer is: Do you still want to be a part of the United States ski team?
Getting him experience for Vancouver is part of the equation. But he also is a guy who has stepped up at every level. The bigger the event, the better he performs. On a pure competitive level, he's the wave of the future.
He has an uncanny way to close out the world. His modus operandi is probably going to help him get through this better than most people's capabilities.
He's got room to breathe. This was a very important piece of the puzzle.
He's been working hard on it. He's getting fast.
Our stance on doping hasn't changed. I don't know if that was Bode just saying what was on his mind at the time, but he's going to have to live with that comment now. It's not going to go away.
My overall feeling is we are not through yet.
It depends on the day you ask him. I think he's come to terms with the physical toll racing in every event takes on him and plans on being more strategic. But then I've also heard Bode say in passing he's going to ski every race.
I think I've probably got one of the best GS (giant slalom) teams in the world.
We had two of the best guys in the race and came up a little short. A lot short, in some regards. Just as shocking as our results were, (it was a) fantastic day for the French.
We knew we had another bull on the farm.
We've been pretty busy cleaning up after our one outspoken cowboy. (Miller) definitely feels entitlement. His impression is that he's really not that much work for us because he's not around much, but he's bar-none twice the work of any other athlete in the program.
Bode is clearly the type of athlete that comes once every 50 years.
It was an eyelash. Bode would have won and should have won by a margin that would have shocked people.
Ted is too fast in the giant slalom to count out. I wouldn't do that.
Special. I don't know how he does what he does.
They're at the top. They know it. They act like it. And they've been there for a long time. So I think it's only natural that the feeling on the tour is: Anybody but them.
It was shocking today. I just wish it was shocking in the other direction.
It was shocking today, and I wish it was shocking in the other direction. We had two of the best guys in the race and came up short. Bode was really close. He was fast in training, and he's focused to go hard here. They'll have to live with their performances.
Doesn't matter. His legacy is firmly in place.
These Olympics aren't over for us. We still have four (men's) events to go. We'll get it done.
It's really surprising to see him day in and day out throughout the Games not get it done. It's not been his modus operandi at world championships and Olympic Games to date. He was a guy who showed up and got the job done.
I'm actually quite happy about what we've seen on the hill.
I'm mystified why he wasn't able to put down a better result. He wasn't skiing at the caliber that he can.
I'm just very impressed with the team we've been able to field.
I never get into an athlete's face 30, 40, 50 seconds after it happens. I need to look at the tape, and he needs to look at the tape, and we need to talk about it.