To represent the best of Canada is such an honour, it's chilling. There is so much excitement.

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.

I hear they had our flag on their dressing room floor. I wonder if they'd like us to sign it?

That was such an important time for us, as a team. It was our second gold medal in a row, following Salt Lake City, and really established ourselves as the best team in the world.

Wave it high, and don't trip and fall.

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

I'm really happy that it's in Russia. I've had a lot of success here. I had my first world championships here when I was younger so I am happy to do the Olympics here. I am really enjoying myself.

Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds

How do you crush spirit? You take out all the good.

We are consciousness whether we are in this reality or whether we are not in this reality; we are eternal consciousness.

I feel I lost my innocence to cancer.

If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.

So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.

I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it.