Kristina Groves Quotations

She's an amazing andÊtough competitor. It's alwaysÊfun to watch her skate and to compete against her is just great.

She's an amazing and tough competitor. It's always fun to watch her skate and to compete against her is just great.

People haven't really picked me my whole career, so I'm kind of used to that. I'm not too concerned about what people think I can do. I'm more concerned about what I think I can do.

My weekend was awesome and I'm happy. A lot of us knew we were coming in here going for second place.

That was the best possible prep I could have done for this race. It was just good for my confidence.

This whole medal count is, in my opinion, not really in the spirit of the Olympic Games. It just kind of has evolved that way and countries seem to derive some kind of satisfaction or disappointment based on the medal count. I have no control over that. It's a big risk to go and put yourself out there, in front of the world, to either fail or succeed.

We couldn't have asked for anything better. We both had such great races.

It's a little nerve-racking watching the last couple of races go. All I could do was sit there and watch.

It's going to be exciting to see how fast people can go. There's definitely potential for world records.

It's going to be interesting to see who has the ability to maintain or even build on their performances from the Olympics. It's still going to be a really competitive event.

It's going to be a full slate at the Olympics. The 1,000 hasn't been my priority this year but it's an event I've used a lot to help me in the longer distances. I've had good 1,000 races all year and I love the event because it's nice and short. You can just hammer the whole thing.

It's great for our team. It's great for Canada.

It's really exciting. Not just to win the silver medal, but also the fact that I skated my best possible race. That's almost more exciting.

It's pretty exciting for me, because I don't skate this race very often.