We really looked up to Jamie and Justin, because they paved the way for us as the up-and-coming U.S. team. read more

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 had a lot of good candidates, including some from the mainland that we did long-distance calls with. We had read more

We had a lot of good candidates, including some from the mainland that we did long-distance calls with. We had a few people in-house who are very good with a lot of experience. Dan kind of tied the whole package together.

We feel the pressure, but we felt that at the world championships last year, when no American team had ever read more

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.

[She has learned a lot from her political job.] Every morning I wake up an hour early and attend briefings. read more

[She has learned a lot from her political job.] Every morning I wake up an hour early and attend briefings. You have to be really excited and energetic and able to pump people up, ... I'll dance and scream and do cheers.

Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

Then we started going once a month to Pennsylvania and would practice reading commercials and on the runway.

They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for read more

They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for pensions, but here, the town pays it all.

I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are read more

I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.

The fact that only 17 points were scored in round three is testament to both teams. There was not much read more

The fact that only 17 points were scored in round three is testament to both teams. There was not much between us. It was fairly physical and fairly brutal. There was a lot of errors but that was due to pressure.

At the end of the day, most people still just want to talk on their cell phone. There are very read more

At the end of the day, most people still just want to talk on their cell phone. There are very few people who want to download music or do these types of broadband-type activities.