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Valerie Fleming Quotes

«You run, you push, you get in and you have no control.»
«Track and field is always where I wanted to make the Games. Bobsled wasn't even a thought in my mind.»
«I have watched every Opening Ceremony growing up and always dreamed about walking into a Games. When I walked in, the first thing I felt was that I am really part of it. ... The minute they said, 'And now the United States of America,' you got such a rush.»
«This is all new for me, but I'm nervous like it's just a race-off. Which is good, because I'm not freaking out over it being the Olympics.»
«It's so close. We're not just fighting for third place. First place is right there.»
«I had been sliding all year with Shauna, and we had done so well. Then I thought, this was what we had been working so hard for and then ... we got to the Games and I'm not even going to slide. It was a little unnerving.»
«I push for the best driver in the world. I have all the confidence in the world in Shauna.»
«I wouldn't jeopardize Shauna, my closest friend. I knew what it's meant to her to get to the games and as much as I wanted to be here, if I didn't think I could do it, I would have taken myself out of the sled. I didn't want to have on my conscience us not doing well because of me.»
«I was a little nervous that I wasn't going to be able to race. But it all worked out and I got to the podium.»
«My preference would be to start as early as possible. I get extremely nervous. I can't eat all day long. I just want to get up there and get it over with.»