Beckie Scott Quotations

I felt in a lot of ways I was racing for her today.

I did have a brief flash of 'Oh no, not now, not here.' In a way it was a huge setback. It meant a little extra double poling for me at the start of my leg. But fortunately ... it wasn't insurmountable.

For Sara and I to do this together is amazing. We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come so far, worked so hard. This is our third Olympics together and maybe today was maybe our last sprint race as a team.

We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come through so much. It's an incredible feeling.

I think everything in Canada was rolling for us so well that we almost couldn't fail. It is a different scene in Europe. It would be nice to just keep on winning heading towards the Games.

I still think I have a chance for one more medal here.

To say I'm an Olympic gold medallist now is the greatest honor. I'm just so happy that things turned out the way they did.

To be able to finish your career either first or second in the world would be a pretty remarkable achievement.

To do well here is such a great feeling. It's been quite a tough schedule lately with three races in three days, but I can really feel my pacing coming back. I feel like I'm getting better with every race.

You have to pick up the pieces and pull yourself together. We wanted to make sure we took this chance today.

We did a good job of picking up the pieces. I think we proved we can both fight with the best. Initially, I admit, it was a real disappointment. But we came back and I'm looking forward to moving on and trying to win another one.

I wanted to be on the podium. That's what I was going for and I missed it. This has happened a few times in the past. I've been fourth at a world championships. It's a hard place to be, I'll admit it. I'll live.

There were points in the race I thought I had it. But you never know how the other people are going to come into these races, what kind of shape they're in. We did that long uphill three times and I just didn't have the legs for it. When I started, I was feeling great, very excited and ready to go.

It was ski selection. It was partly wax. We made some last-minute adjustments to the skis. I know that happened partly in panic.

It might be one of the last sprint relays we do together. To finish it with an Olympic medal, I'm not going to say it was surreal. We promised each other we wouldn't get too fruity at the end of this.

It's truly a historical moment for our sport, for clean sport and I'm just thrilled with the result...

It was a clean race. Things are getting better in our sport. The testing is good and I'm confident it was a clean event.

I knew if I stayed close to Kristin that I would have a good chance. We went into the stadium very close and fortunately I had enough left for a final sprint.

I'm ready for some sushi and then a party. This is the way I wanted to finish. It was important for me to finish on top.

I'm very happy with the victory, I was hoping to win today's race. But it's a bit sad to say goodbye. I would have liked the World title but I did all I could today and during the season.

I really thought it could go either way today because I was pretty tired and drained out still getting over the jet lag, and wasn't sure what I was capable of doing. I was really looking forward to this race and I really like this course. I knew I had great skis and when I hit the start line I just told myself to go for it.

I pretty much knew at the start. Then as the season went on I became more certain. There is a lot of traveling involved and it's a bit of a tough life.

In the morning we drink lots of espresso. That's our ritual.

In the morning we drink a lot of espresso. That's our ritual.

I don't think we can say that for sure. Maybe the superhuman effort I had to come up with to get back took away something extra I might have had left in my tank at the end.

The goal was just to qualify and it was pretty easy to qualify.