Joey Cheek
Joey Cheek
William Joseph "Joey" Cheekis an American former speed skater and inline speed skater. He was specialized in the short and middle distances. Present day he is a media entrepreneur...
best days great olympic races
I think it was a great two races, probably the best two races I've ever skated. You always want to have those days at the Olympic Games, and I did.
bite feeds hand
I think, first, it's important not to bite the hand that feeds you.
best gold help medal somebody thanks walk
For me to walk away with a gold medal is just amazing, and the best way I can say thanks is to try to help somebody else.
eyeballs gets good learn people positive watching
If it gets eyeballs watching the sport, if there are people who watch our sport and can take something positive from it to learn about the sport, then it's good for all of us that we get more coverage.
capitalize draws gets good hope people
If it draws more people into the sport and gets them interested, it's a good thing for us. I just hope we can capitalize on this, to get more young people in.
deciding factor fault great guys
He would have been a great part of the team. If you look at the times those guys skated, he would have probably been a deciding factor there. (But) I don't fault him for it.
best felt helping
I always felt like if I did something big, I wanted to give something back. The best way is by helping someone else.
gets speed
He gets up to speed so fast. He's like mercury. He just rises.
gets lives tense train
We train our whole lives for this. It gets tense around here.
stuff teams
Some of the stuff teams do is interpreted differently by different people.
bit bucket compared drop hoped inspire people regardless small
I really hoped, regardless of my outcome, that I'd be able to inspire other people to contribute. What little bit I could do is a small drop in the bucket as compared to what many people can do. So that was an important part for me, and that's what I hoped would happen.
beautiful days handful skaters
It was just beautiful out there. There's just a handful of skaters out there. That's why we skate -- for days like this.
blessed dream family great hard hit honor remember sacrificed single sweat together village walks worked works
I feel blessed by the honor. I've worked hard for a lot of years, but everyone works hard for a lot of years. Every single person that walks around the village has put in time, effort, sweat and tears, and their family has sacrificed for them. You always dream it would come together and it has. I don't even know if it has hit me yet, but it's a great experience, something I'll remember forever.
individual past weakest
I don't want to put anything past the guy. But this is his weakest individual event.