Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrickis an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas...
fifth jones moving picked race roy
I'm like Roy Jones Jr. moving up to heavyweight. I picked up a new race and I got fifth in the world. I think that's pretty good.
energy expected gone laps race stay strategy
If I would have been the back, with the energy I had left, I probably could have gone through more laps when the race was done. The strategy we set out backfired on us. We expected KC to be able to stay in there and KC expected to stay. It wasn't in the cards.
four races takes toll
It takes a toll on you. Four races would have been tough.
care chance days later line personal race represent selfish step three
Every chance I get to step to the line and represent my country, I'm going to do it. I don't care if I have a race two days later, three days later ... this isn't a personal issue. I'm not going to be selfish to my teammates.
coming confident great races
Now I'm just really confident that the other races coming up are going to be just as good. It's a great start.
determines race
It's just going to be first 200 meters that determines the race for me.
expect hold race win
I didn't think it would hold up. I didn't expect to win this race today.
fighter five gold hard medals race win
We have a lot of common, in here, in the heart. He was a fighter just like me. You don't win five gold medals without heart. It's hard to race all those different distances.
expected finish second skate
I never expected to finish second or third. I always skate to win.
knew skating
I knew Carl and I were skating for silver.
difficult pressure trying worry
It's such a difficult thing to do. I'm trying not to worry about the pressure of it.
compete develop good happy help lap speed talked time
I'm going to go out there and compete like I always do, but at the same time I'm going to use it to develop speed for the first lap of my 1,500. I think that's a good thing. I think it's going to help me, so I'm happy Bart talked me into it.
beat bounce chad everybody prove
I'm going to bounce back and prove to everybody what I can do. You may beat Chad Hedrick once, but you're not going to beat him twice.
run
I'm going to be back, and we're going to make another run for it in Vancouver.