Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONLis a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4, including a dramatic 6-point sixth end in the final match, which was conceded after the 8-end minimum stipulated under Olympic rules...
adrenaline bang huge miracle physically rush
Physically I had so huge an adrenaline rush it's a miracle I didn't bang it off the back boards.
couple enjoy next opportunity soak weeks
I'm going to soak up every opportunity that I can over the next couple of weeks to enjoy it for what it is worth.
feeling four games half improved last past three worried
It's four different individuals on the ice, so I'm not too worried about the past two results. We're feeling confident. The last three and a half games have been very good, we improved our play.
imagine mob people turning
I imagine there will be a mob at the airport. They will be turning people away.
great guys others party reputation
I don't like the reputation that the sport is all partying, and that you don't have to be athletic. Sure, there are some guys who like to party and others who aren't in great shape, but that shouldn't take away from the sport.
heart knew looked point pound saw sixth stopped sweeping
Once Russ stopped sweeping in the sixth end, I looked up and saw six yellows in the house, at that point my heart started to pound because I knew we weren't going to lose.
close days either sick
There will either be a lot of sick days or a lot of TVs in offices. In Newfoundland, nothing has ever come close to this.
mate team
He is our team mate and friend. We look up to him but he isn't an icon.
adrenalin heart losing math pounding worked
My heart started pounding and the adrenalin was pumping. I did the math and I worked out if we get this there is no way we are losing now.
gold medal men people sure win
We're the first men to win a gold medal and 100 years from now people are going to say we're the first team. I'm sure there's going to be many more that win gold. We were the first and it's very special.
extra good plate stepped
We're all pretty confident. The COC and all the sport associations have really stepped up to the plate with some extra funding, and I think we're going to have a good performance.
couple hours miss official travel uniforms until wore
We just got in a couple of hours ago and our fittings for our uniforms aren't until tomorrow. We wore the uniforms that our association got for us to travel in so we didn't miss out on this just because we didn't have our official uniforms yet.
behaving good ourselves
We're going to have ourselves a good party. We've been behaving ourselves for a long time.