BEIJING 鈥� "It was a thrill. You knew the feeling in Vancouver when we were there 鈥� just the spirit and the feeling of the Games and the other athletes. But when you actually participate in the opening ceremony, you really get that sense of it being such a universal thing."听
听鈥� Canada men's hockey captain Eric Staal on participating in the Beijing Games opening ceremony. Staal was part of Canada's team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that skipped the ceremony.
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"A bunch of us looked up at one point and we saw that we had 10 goals. We didn't even realize we had that many because we're so focused on that next shift and being impactful and generating offence. When you focus on the process, you generate the result that you want."
鈥� Women's hockey forward Sarah Nurse after Canada's 11-1 rout of Finland.听
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听鈥淚 have a big family and so many friends and staff here, people that believed in me for so long. I am so happy to be bringing something back for them.鈥�
鈥� Canadian long-track speedskater Isabelle Weidemann after winning a bronze medal in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday.
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鈥淚'm still learning this game, and I've been playing it for eight years. It's hard to be perfectly strategical every shot of every game, so that's a good one, that's what we're going to throw up on the board.鈥�
鈥� Two-time gold medallist John Morris after he and partner Rachel Homan dropped a 6-2 decision to Sweden in the mixed-doubles curling competition on Saturday.
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"This is my third Olympic Games and I've had three medals. It's awesome. Our sport is so much about performance on one single day and we have one event at every Games, so it's not easy. We don't have another chance or another day to have another try. It's everything on one day and I'm proud that I've been able to do that for 12 years."
鈥� Canadian moguls star and 2018 gold medallist Mikael Kingsbury after winning silver on Saturday.
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鈥淚鈥檝e been waiting for this gold medal for 12 years. I鈥檝e waited for it for so long. I will always believe in the team. From the day I entered the national team, I have always believed in my teammates."
鈥� China's Fan Kexin after her mixed short-track speedskating team claimed the host country's first gold at the Beijing Games.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2022.
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