Hannah Teter Quotations

Nothing compares to it. It's the best I've ever had.

I was standing up there (in the start house) and then Gretchen went and threw down so hard I thought she had me. I said, 'Oh, oh, step it up.' And then my coach said, 'OK, victory lap.' No way!

I don't know what I'll do with my gold medal. Maybe I'll staple it to a wall. Is that a good thing to do with it?

Hang it on the wall, is that a good thing to do with it? I'll probably take it up to our house in Vermont. I'll probably just staple it to the wall.

I was kind of bummed for her, because she had it right in her hand.

Family is the foundation of everything. This is a family thing. I got my no-fear attitude from my brothers from back when we used to bounce on the trampoline or go to the skate park.

The snowboard athletes that I compete against is also a group that is very encouraging and supportive of one another. We're more like family out there than in-your-face competitors that you see in some sports.

Oh, I brought something to show you guys. This is it.

A different kind of family, I guess. Mom went to nursing school after having five kids, and Dad is a road construction foreman. Pretty cool people. I guess you call them hippies. They met at a music festival in Colorado. Dad was leaning against a tree, playing a flute, and Mom walked by and caught his eye. That's the way they tell the story.

It wasn't too hard because I had the support of you guys in the back of my mind.

I wanted to step it up and go as big as possible and totally represent my brothers who have helped me throughout my career. Thank you, family. And thanks, too, for all that Vermont maple syrup. That's what does it, you know.

I wanted to try to go as big as I could and tweak my grabs hard.

I guess I was kind of distracted at the beginning. But then I chilled out and made it.

I just kind of felt the same standing up there. It's like, ?Here we go again, another run on the pipe ? but at the Olympics.' I just felt super positive.

I don't think I'm gonna change. Maybe smile a little wider, get my teeth whitened for the cameras.

I don't think I'm going to change. I'll just keep smiling. So maybe I'll get my teeth whitened.

I felt so good, just really relaxed, which is something kind of hard to achieve in, you know, the Olympics. It was good. I had fun.

I dreamed it. But I just never thought it would play out so soon -- you know, like, Olympics, gold. It's amazing.

I could feel it, being caught up with the energy and emotion of the whole scene here.

The foundation is just everything. Throughout my childhood, my parents were always behind me in everything I wanted to do. Having the support behind me made me strive and keep striving and just have that no-fear attitude. ... We do everything together.