I noticed it traveling with our team. We?re the only team that has coaches from three other countries and athletes that are all different in terms of our diversity. Look at our team as a whole. It is the United States. . . . It?s a melting pot.

327

It really breaks my heart to watch that. I know he's the best skater in the world, and he really didn't have a chance to show that. But the Olympics aren't over.

210

My ankle is a little swollen, my right ankle. I tried to block that out. But I'll probably feel it really bad [this] morning.

187

When I was going to Penn State, I was so new to ice skating that I only skated once a week, and that was in Harrisburg, three hours away. It wasn't my No. 1 focus.

184

I guess they asked me because I am getting my masters degree in business at the New York Institute of Technology.

169

It was so incredibly cool to see everybody skate so fast.

159

Once I got there and started skating every day, I knew I had to make a full commitment. Somebody told me, a coach a long time ago, that if you want to make the Olympic team, you have to dedicate your entire life, sacrifice everything. I wasn't ready to do that before.

150

It really breaks my heart. One of the best skaters in the world didn't have a chance to show it tonight.

132

It really breaks my heart to see it, because I know he's the best skater in the world in my eyes. But the Olympics are not over.

101