Ben Smith
Ben Smith
aspects eyes good opens
I think it's a good thing for them to keep up. It opens your eyes to different aspects of biology.
clock except feeling hang highest leaders level marches natural players playing ready responsibility setting time
I think they're ready to except the responsibility of being the leaders of this team. The natural feeling for players is to hang on too long. But time marches on. We're setting the clock to players that are playing at the highest level right now.
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The young players coming up in our team are really remarkable. That's one thing I hope people will remember about this year for this team: That we gave several young players a chance to take ownership and assert their place for the United States. ... I realize everybody has an opinion, and a lot of those opinions favored Cammi. But that's part of my job.
stay today
I didn't see any podiums out there today so I think we'll stay calm.
canadian directly goals good mistakes team tough turn
This Canadian team is too good for us to make mistakes that turn directly into goals. That was a tough way to start.
question
That's the million-dollar question we would all like answered,
canada hit nicely quite run shaping strong team
Obviously, Canada is the No. 1 team on our hit list. But our team is shaping up quite nicely for a strong run at the (gold) medal.
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everyday faces front good job keeping looking people present stand
When I stand up in that (locker room) in front of 24 athletes, there aren't a lot of reassured faces looking up. They did a good job of keeping that out of their everyday psyche, but it's got to be present in people's minds. Even some of the people that you think were locks, they didn't think of it that way.
forward named players start stepped
The players named themselves. They stepped forward with the way they played. I think we'll start to take on a personality now.
breathing demanding early gave olympic
We had those early Olympic jitters, and their goaltender got into a zone, which made it a demanding afternoon. (Dunn's goal) gave us some breathing room.
guys teams tough
We've got a lot of different guys that can score. ... And that makes things tough for teams to defend.
great last
What she did on the ice, with this as her last game, that's a great way to go out.
coach gave lift played score swedish team
When you don't score on five-on-three, as a coach you feel haunted. That gave the Swedish team another lift and they played with even more determination.