Melody Davidson Quotations

I expect them to play and perform like they've been performing. They made this team because they deserve it and they're not going to be cut any slack. It doesn't matter to me it's their first Olympics or maybe even their first time wearing the jersey. They made the team because they can play and make a difference and I expect nothing less from them.

We're pretty young as a sport. If you look at the men's game way back, it was just a one- or two-team tournament as well. It's a long process, but they're getting there. If we're not playing sharp, I could see Sweden and Finland stealing a win on us.

Our sport hasn't always been accepted by every nation.

I was honest. I just said we were horses---.

We just didn't compete. We'll be much better the next days and the next games, but that's just not acceptable.

We didn't do that intentionally. We were playing on smaller ice, so it's a lot more physical. There's not as much room to move, so if you don't move the puck along quickly, you're going to get hit.

We don't like to see any hits like that from either team. But whatever we use to motivate us won't come from the other team. It will come from us.

We've been coming along all year. Everybody's pretty excited. We've been on a mission since May and we're just going to keep working towards it.

We've got tremendous leadership on this team period - it doesn't matter who wears the letters.

We just hope people will be as patient with us as they were with the men when they started.

Drop of the puck against Italy, I think I'll feel good that there's nothing else I could have done and let's see what happens.

The whole team agrees, the money, we can share that and help each other out, but we can't replace that sentimental value that Becky has lost right now.

These women wear the Canadian flag in every part of their bodies and everybody has to be proud of them and nobody should question them.

The team believed and trusted in each other. There were no negatives on the bench. Everyone knew we had a lot of game left.

After the drama of the earlier game, I'm sure the Finns were motivated and our team was a little caught off guard. I think as a team we just said 'let's get ready for our game.

You're always motivated to play the best teams in the world.

They have a goaltender who can win a game for them and that's the bottom line. Our key is always the first 20 minutes. If we open the door for other teams to feel confident against us, anything can happen.

There's been no malice meant and no intent to disrespect. We're just going about our business and getting ourselves in a position to be in a medal game.

It makes you feel so good when you see other people enjoying what you're doing.

It's going to be a great game as always when Canada and the U.S. play.

It's irrelevant. You never know who you're going to play, and you have to think it's going to be someone from the other pool. We'll just move ahead.

It'll be a chess match, that first 20 minutes.

It was like 'We have no idea what she's up to now, but it's easier to go along with her than fight with her.

I really felt like they fed off of each other and kept wanting to be better every shift. Each line just started to battle a little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more.

The loss we had in the spring has definitely been sitting there a while. We've been waiting to play them so we're really happy with how we played.