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For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

I'm excited by going 85 mph, head-first, down an ice track.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it.

I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.

An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs.

There are two really good feelings. The first is when you land sponsorships that allow you to be competitive. Then to win a race is the icing on the cake that you've made with the sponsorship.

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.