It means everything to me. … I can’t wait. I want to win a gold medal, bottom line. It’s my last one, so I’m looking forward to it.

No I’m not worried because I know what I did. It wasn’t as bad as everyone thinks. I hit him in the shoulder and no matter where I touched him he was going to dive....

We have to. I think teams took us for granted and we jumped on teams early. We just have to keep doing the same no matter who’s in the lineup.

He was good, but we had chances … not in the first (period), but in the second in the third. But with this lineup, we’ve got to play extremely hard every single shift.

The Blues got the worst of it.

We’re not going to quit. We’re going to keep going after everybody.

I just wanted to give him support. I told him that he’s a tremendous person and don’t forget that. I just wished him all the best and said that we’re thinking of him. The whole...

We expected to go over there and compete for the gold medal, and that wasn’t the case. Sure it’s a disappointment. It would be nice for the NHL to realize that you can’t just go...

We’ve gone into tough buildings and won, or at least gone to overtime. It’s a credit to our system and the way we play. That’s what you want to establish as a road team. We...

This is unbelievable. You don’t want to use excuses, but it’s a big part of it. We’re missing some NHL-caliber players.

Obviously, John’s a big guy, and it’s a great opportunity for him. I don’t know much about his tendencies because we don’t play Tampa Bay very often. But I do know he’s an American, and...

He’s probably the best American ever to play wearing a (U.S.) jersey.

You know what, the first period killed us; we weren’t ready for it. But you’ve got to give those guys credit. They come at you extremely hard, and they give you nothing. We weren’t ready...

We’ll have a game plan and I’m sure they have a game plan. If it’s a one-year deal where they pick up the option, there’s other options besides that.

It’s unbelievable; it’s frustrating. You don’t want to use excuses, but (the injuries) are a big part of it. But nobody’s quitting. We’re just in a tough streak right now and we have to find...

That really paved the way for a lot of us Americans to be in the NHL and get an opportunity to play for our country.

Points don’t matter to me. Giving my team a chance to win, that’s all that matters to me.

You can’t replace guys like that. We put ourselves in this situation where they’re going to get rid of a lot of the old guys who don’t have contracts next year and try to rebuild.

Things are going pretty good for us right now. I don’t know what it is. I mean, it’s probably a little bit too late, but . . . I don’t know what it is. We’re...

It’s up to the Blues. We don’t have much to work with … seven days. But whatever happens, happens.

We knew that this goalie kicks out rebounds, so we wanted to shoot from all angles and drive to the net, and it worked on the first goal. You can’t let a team skate like...

If people are writing us off, great. That doesn’t bother me and it doesn’t bother the guys on the team. We want to get into that medal round, and anything can happen. If you get...

These are young kids. This is the foundation, … You need great goaltending, and that’s what we’ve had over the years with Mike Richter.

It’s frustrating but we’ve put ourselves in this mess. We know the situation we’re in. We’re not going to lay over. We’ve got to keep going. We’ve got to find a way out of this...

I want to be a part of this organization. I like what I see. These kids have given a guy like me an extra jump just with their enthusiasm. It brings me back to the...

Anybody would want to know what their future is … we’ll just see what happens. I’m anxious to sit down … depending on which direction they want to go in. If it’s move forward with...

It’s a big decision for them, so I respect it. At least tomorrow I’ll know where I stand in St. Louis.

It’s the best players in the world playing. The hockey’s going to be out of this world. It’s great. It’s high tempo with elite players. I’m looking forward to the challenge, because you have to...

Hopefully next week I’ll be ready to go. I want to play as soon as I can. It’s getting better, but it’s still a little ways off. I want to definitely get some games in...

He’s a competitor, I’ll tell you that much. He wants to win; he’s been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.

Right now, I’m struggling on my penalty shot. I’ve got to help the team in that area.

I feel I have a lot of hockey left.

I don’t want to say how old I was when I started watching Bourque, because it might offend him.

Rick’s a great guy. He’s a solid man, and I hope the best for him. That’s all I can give you.

It’s not where I want it to be right now. It’s not right.

I think what happened in the third period against Latvia carried over. We just skated to the puck and controlled the game. We pinned them in their own zone; we were buzzing pretty good out...

We’ve got a young team, and we have to be a tough team to play against on the road. I think the longer we hang around in games, the better we play, and I think...

It’s difficult when you lose your leading goal-scorer this early in the year. It’s just frustrating.

He treats everybody like men, and gets the most out of his players.

I think the young guys expect us to go out and lead by example. I think tonight was a great example of that.

We all knew that he could score, but I think he’s playing with a little bite to his game now. I think that works for a young guy his size . . . because you...

It’s a great cause. It’s a little different . . . I’m not used to the color . . . but it’s a great cause.

We’re up 2-0 and they play almost the entire second period in our end.

Oh, thank God, … Now it’s back to business.

Based on what happened [against Latvia], we had to win tonight.

We had a good talk … they want to win. I’m just glad I know that I’m going to be in St. Louis next year. Whatever happens after that, happens. But I hope we’re in...

We’ve done it before with guys hurt and guys traded. For while there we were consistent and now it seems we’re getting away from that. We’ve got to stop it right now because that was...

It’s been tough, it seems like every day something else happens. You try to help out as much as possible when you’re in the lineup and hopefully be able to stay in the lineup for...

I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been. But I’m telling you right now, if you watched me skate today I’m definitely prepared now.

There are so many great teams here that if you take a period off or a half a period off, you’re going to lose the game.