Pierre Lueders Quotes (21 Quotes)

This was obviously a huge obstacle. The facts are the facts in that had Lascelles not been on our team, the chances of doing anything result-wise would have been very slim. Nothing against the other athletes on our team, but Lascelles is the best athlete on our team.

Lascelles is a very unique individual. He's team-first and himself second. Sometimes that's very difficult to find in bobsled. He raises the competitiveness of all his team-mates.

I had troubles with the first corner - it is actually a kink - on both of the runs again today, which cost us some time. It was a bit of a short night and I figured after the emotional high we had yesterday, there may be a bit of a let down today.

Patience, I guess. We still have some time.

We have a game plan. But in the four-man, anything can happen.

If that's how they want to play, they can look at the time sheet after the second run. I'm getting tired of it. That was a little bit of motivation on the second run.

It's the first time in my career that I've won both the two-man and the four-man in the same weekend. I've done it before and that was in Calgary in 1997, but never in Europe before.

I think he's the best athlete on the Canadian team and I know how proud he is to represent this country.

The guys showed their true character pushing one hundredth (of a second) faster. That's what this race will be about. If I have the same two runs (today), I'll be happy.

It's a long road he took to get here. That's why I was emotional. It just that it wasn't a normal road to get here. A couple weeks ago I didn't have a brakeman. Back home for Christmas, I kept thinking I might have to drive him to the airport in St. Moritz to fly home and watch the Olympics from there.

I was really thinking about it after the Calgary World Cup (in November) that this was it, that there was nothing but gloom and doom on the horizon. But I guess one thing that I've learned over this whole thing is that our system in Canada can work.

The road it took to get Lascelles here, it's unbelievable. I thought about that over Christmas and that it would just be horrible that he'd be sitting at home watching the Olympics and we're here competing.

I've got two young guys ... and it's their first Olympics. I think maybe the first push, everybody was feeling a bit of the nerves. But in your first Olympics, you expect that.

What a lot of people don't understand is this year we've actually been better in the four-man. Our sled is suited very well to this track. I've been driving it better here. I know the guys are going to go crazy. We've known all year we have a really good chance in the four-man.

I was upset after the first run. I hate sitting fifth. It drives me crazy.

I'm really happy we are now consistently in the hunt for a podium spot. We only have a couple of races before the Olympics so it is time to get things in gear.

I would think most teams are a little worried now. We won the world championships last year. They know Canada is a force to be reckoned with when we're on.

The food is less than average.

Those guys will be trying to kill each other off. Maybe we can slip in there.

It is the first time in two years that we drew the No. 1 start position, so we just told each other to set the time of the day and see if anyone can beat it.

The facts are the facts Without Lascelles on the team, the chances of anything result-wise was very slim. Nothing against the others, but Lascelles is the best athlete on the team. He makes everyone around him better. It's not about the medals, but about sending athletes and giving them the best chance they can have.