It was poetic justice for him. I told him he might get a chance to win it later.

As he was going up to the plate, (his teammates) were telling him he'd get a chance to swing. The only pitch he swung on all night he hit out of the park.

It was a ribbon of ice. Franz later told me that he didn't think he could win, but that he was willing to die trying.... That race put downhill on the map.

We can go out there with nothing to lose because nobody really gave us a chance to even win a game in this series, and nobody has given us a chance to win this next game in Detroit. If we can get a win and bring it back here, anything can happen.

They need a win. With the exception of [the confirmation of Chief Justice John G.] Roberts, they haven't had a break all year. Just pulling off one of these would slow down the snowball a little.

This goes to also say how fortunate you are to have this chance. We do not want to say that we qualified for a World Cup in a one-off situation.