Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrickis an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas...
few happy head hold left medals skate
I'm very happy with my accomplishments. But at the same time, I feel like I left a lot of medals out there. I didn't skate perfect. I let myself down a few times, but I have to hold my head high.
boils relationship respect
I respect him as an athlete. That's what our relationship boils down to.
country pumping sweep
It is pumping up our country to try to sweep this thing. It can happen.
anyone bigger
Right here. My heart's bigger than anyone else out there.
quit until
I haven't accomplished all my goals. I won't quit until I get there.
knew skating
I knew Carl and I were skating for silver.
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.
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.
excited family glad
I am just so glad that his whole family was able to make it and see this. I think I am just as excited as Calvin is, but this is his night.
eric media people record specific tough
I think the media has thought a lot more about the Heiden record than I have. Eric has said that it's tough to do what he did in 1980 because people are specializing in specific events.
champion few good olympic people start
I feel good that I'm able to be one of the few people that can be in the 1,000 meters and still potentially be the 10,000-meter Olympic champion as well. The better my start gets, the more competitive I'm going to be.
built eric hype next
I built up the hype I guess. But I never said I'm going to be the next Eric Heiden.
happy people second third
I don't go out there to place second or third. A lot of people would be happy to be third at the Olympics. But am I really happy with it? No.
expected finish second skate
I never expected to finish second or third. I always skate to win.