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...
sports fall thinking
I look at sport and competition as something that has been personally enormously beneficial to me. It's helped me create life skills. And if we carry ourselves with grace and dignity and try our best - even when we fall on our faces, as will happen sometimes - then I think people will see that. And that will be the message of sport and the Olympics.
believe giving gold sum total winning
I'm going to be donating the total sum that the USOC is giving me for winning a gold medal, which I believe is about $25,000.
amount fruit talent
In a lot of ways, the low-hanging fruit has already been plucked. There's not the same amount of talent that there was in the '90s.
gold medal proud winning work
I'm much more proud of that work than winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
best donate help knew money somebody thanks
I knew if I ever did something like this, I wanted to be able to give something back. The best way I can say thanks is to donate my money to help somebody else.
either great gush knew might shot time wonderful
I knew that I might actually have a shot at doing something great at the Olympics. I knew that I could either take the time to gush about how wonderful I feel or use it to be a little productive.
came carolina influence life means north people proud watching wished
I'm proud of where I came from. There are so many people from North Carolina who have wished me well. It means a lot that so many people who have had so much influence on my life are watching now.
guy skating training
You've got to keep things in perspective. Sure, I've been training for this my whole life, but I'm just a guy skating around in tights. It's not that big a deal.
low trying
I'm just trying to keep a low profile.
medals skated stunned together
I'm kind of stunned that I skated that fast. Obviously, I wanted to get some medals here, but I had no idea it would come together like it did.