Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrickis an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas...
crying felt situation worked
I was scared. I've never been in the situation where I was crying before a race. I kind of felt like a sissy, but it worked out.
bounce fastest game hurts second team
The team just didn't click. It hurts that we had the second fastest time. But that's part of the game and I am going to bounce back and show everyone what I can do.
crying felt situation
I've never been in that situation before, crying before a race. I felt like a sissy.
focused power took
That 1,000 took a lot of power out of my legs. I didn't know how much it took out of me. I wasn't focused like I usually am.
joey standing talking
We should be talking about other people. We should be talking about Joey and I, because we've already been standing up there on the podium.
both feet pushing work
They swore it wasn't going to work on the ice. You're actually pushing with both feet going in the same direction.
feeling good
This is not about yourself. It wasn't a good feeling for me after the 1,000 meters.
gearing
This isn't important for me. This is just gearing me up for the big show.
motivates playing soon
Something like this isn't what motivates me. As soon as I get on the ice, it's business. I'm not out here playing around.
eric
Speculation of doing what Eric did, I would like to downplay that a little bit.
coming confident great races
Now I'm just really confident that the other races coming up are going to be just as good. It's a great start.
everybody happiness happy houston interested introduce people relationships
I was really happy to introduce Houston to a new sport, and I just want to let everybody know how interested I am to have relationships with people from my own city. I want to make a difference.
adapt quickly test
We're all in the same boat. It comes down to the day. You test it out in warm-up. You have to adapt as quickly as possible.
knew skating
I knew Carl and I were skating for silver.