Joe Polo
Joe Polo
Joseph Polois an American curler. Polo was raised in Floodwood, Minnesota before moving to Cass Lake. He learned to curl in nearby Bemidji at the age of 10 in the Bemidji Curling Club's Sunday Night Junior League. Polo participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics as the second for Pete Fenson's U.S. team. The team defeated David Murdoch's Great Britain rink to take the bronze medal. On January 16, 2007, the team was named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year...
good hurt played
We played pretty good that end. That really put them in the hurt bag.
athletes fat good guys people pull sure takes
I'm sure a lot of people just thought curlers were big, fat guys who were lazy. Well, it takes some good athletes to pull off a win.
good teams
It shouldn't get any easier. There's a lot of good teams here. And we think we're one of them.
athlete fat guys people proved takes
People thought curlers were big, fat guys and we proved it takes an athlete to come out here and win.
except felt regular
It felt like a regular World event, except more hyper. It was just awesome.
great
I think it would be great for curling in the U.S. and great for us.
focused fun likes nerves stay
On the ice, he's nerves of steel. He has fun out there, but he just likes to stay as focused as he can.
came care color happy medal
We came for a medal and we didn't care what color it was. We're very happy with a bronze.
against canada perfect
It's perfect to play against Canada, because we want to take revenge.
again against perfect tough
It's perfect to play again against them because we want to take revenge. It will be a tough game.
It was brutal. I was struggling. I don't know why. But I didn't make a whole lot of shots.
aggressive bit close girls nice noticed swinging watching
Watching the girls go in the afternoon, we noticed (the ice) was swinging a little bit more. You can get more aggressive. It's nice to get aggressive because you don't have so many close games.
athlete bunch fat lazy people questions takes
A lot of people still think that curlers are a bunch of big fat lazy guys, but it takes an athlete to come out and win. There are always questions about it.
clubs people watch
A lot of people were at our curling clubs at 6:00 a.m. to watch this game.