Joey Cheek
Joey Cheek
William Joseph "Joey" Cheekis an American former speed skater and inline speed skater. He was specialized in the short and middle distances. Present day he is a media entrepreneur...
eyeballs gets good learn people positive watching
If it gets eyeballs watching the sport, if there are people who watch our sport and can take something positive from it to learn about the sport, then it's good for all of us that we get more coverage.
anybody ask athletics best careers hand imperative morning people pinnacle reaches ready selfish somebody wake
Athletics is a very selfish pursuit. I wake up every morning and as I get ready for the day, I ask myself, how can I be the best in the world. So after years of this, and people sacrificing so I can be the best in the world, I think it's imperative for me or anybody else who reaches a pinnacle in their careers to reach out a hand for somebody else.
great plotting prepared program stars
I have been kind of plotting this in my head. I wanted to be prepared if the stars aligned. They have got a great program and they have done a lot of good.
best showing team
Our team is the best it's ever been and I think we are showing that.
add living oxygen suck
They don't suck the oxygen out; they just add nitrogen. It simulates living in the mountains.
capitalize draws gets good hope people
If it draws more people into the sport and gets them interested, it's a good thing for us. I just hope we can capitalize on this, to get more young people in.
guy skating training
You've got to keep things in perspective. Sure, I've been training for this my whole life, but I'm just a guy skating around in tights. It's not that big a deal.
beautiful days handful skaters
It was just beautiful out there. There's just a handful of skaters out there. That's why we skate -- for days like this.
forward gone reached top
At the end of the day, we've got the Olympics. After you've gone to inline worlds, you've reached the top of that sport. What do you have to look forward to after that?
chance grateful impression leave
When I think of the 2002 Olympics, I don't know if I was really as appreciative as I am now. The only impression I want to leave here is just how grateful I am to get this chance again.
dream great hit remember
You always dream it would come together, and it has. I don't even know if it has hit me yet, but it's a great experience, something I'll remember forever.
gets lives tense train
We train our whole lives for this. It gets tense around here.
sports fall thinking
I look at sport and competition as something that has been personally enormously beneficial to me. It's helped me create life skills. And if we carry ourselves with grace and dignity and try our best - even when we fall on our faces, as will happen sometimes - then I think people will see that. And that will be the message of sport and the Olympics.
best felt great helping honestly ice mean prepared ridiculous skate thank
What I do is great fun. But it's honestly a pretty ridiculous thing. I mean I skate around on ice in tights, right? ... I always felt like if I ever did something big like this I wanted to be prepared to give something back ... The best way to thank someone is by helping someone else.