Matt Savoie Quotations

Lori Parker, one of our assistant team leaders here in Calgary has a daughter attending Kansas, who Bradley already beat this tournament so I had fun teasing her about that.

I think we're very strong. This season has been complicated obviously because this is an Olympic year and there are injuries. But at nationals I felt even though there were mistakes throughout the field, we're definitely sending a strong team, especially with Evan, the world bronze medalist, and Johnny's skating well. I think we're in good standing going in.

I was very happy I landed the triple Axel tonight.

Doubling the flip was a bit uncharacteristic as I haven't done that in over two years. I didn't run out of room for the second jump. My leg was swinging too wild and I couldn't control it enough for the second triple but that wasn't as important as landing the (triple) Axel.

I very likely would not be in this position had I not been working with her and had her support. Same thing with my family. They were all able to enjoy this whole experience with me.

It's great to know that I have people in Peoria that embrace me and support me throughout my career.

The new system is changing the way you run through a program.

Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation.

I'm confident that I'll skate my best. I'm not really thinking about medals at this point just because the Olympics is an award in itself.

I haven't had a great season up until now.

In my mind I am comparing the Olympics and this event. Doing the (triple) Axel was an important point in this program for me.

I tends to be more motivated by the things I do wrong than when I skate well. I always want to improve even when I do have a strong performance in competition.

I don't think I ever felt like the forgotten man. If anything, I felt self-exiled.

I didn't set out to prove I could win national medals from Peoria, Illinois. But that's where I live, and everything I need is there.

You can't usually fall twice and still make an Olympic team. Until I went down, though, I'd been doing very well. I just told myself that one mistake probably wouldn't beat me.

The men's field is so tight. Everybody is just one jump, or one counter or one rocker from being in my position.