Jim Scherr
Jim Scherr
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Prior to Salt Lake, we were an afterthought as a winter sport nation. We had won a few medals, the highest being 13. But we really weren't considered one of the powers in the Winter Olympic Games.
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It was a tough Games. Overall, this has been a great performance. We didn't achieve our total capability because of the high expectations coming in. It's a little bit our fault.
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Clearly, we didn't achieve to the level of our expectations coming to the Games, which were very high coming out of Salt Lake and were high because of the quality efforts of the athletes throughout this four-year period.
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We will make sure our edicts are followed to the highest degree. And overall, we've had almost all our athletes and teams do that. It's unfortunate that a few athletes have colored the rest of the delegation.
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Overall, we see this as a great performance, even if it has been viewed generally as a little less than that because of the high expectations we all had.
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It is a little bit our fault that this team has been viewed a little bit less than that because of the high expectations we all had.
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In Beijing, China's public will have the opportunity to experience firsthand our country through the conduct of our delegation at those Games. So their behavior and how they conduct themselves will be exceptionally important.
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I'm disappointed in ourselves and our own expectations that we came into the games with, which may not have been realistic.
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It's certainly the most significant challenge we've faced in a very long time as an Olympic movement in the United States.
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It will be the largest Olympic sports competition in the history of the world.
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We will use a number of things that happened here to point out specifically to our next teams, case studies, if you will, how to react and how to present themselves in the games' environment.
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This team has taken a bit of a hit because of their comportment.
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This team has taken a bit of a hit because of the expectations of some high-profile athletes. It was a case of mismanaged expectations and some unforeseen circumstances. But we'd hope a few incidents would not overshadow what we view as a great performance by our team.
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This team has a taken a hit in terms of its comportment here in Italy because of a couple of incidents involving some high-profile athletes.