When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.
I don't even know if you can blink in a hundredth of a second, and that's what it comes down to in speed skating.
I'll get to the oval three hours beforehand and warm up for about 45 minutes off the ice. Then I'll stretch and get on the ice for 20 minutes. I'll cool down, then relax, close my eyes and think about what I need to do.
Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine.
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.
It's almost like you see too much, because when it happens for real, everything flies at you so fast, you never get a sense of the ice and where everyone is at that one moment.