”The Vancouver Games have awoken a new Canada, one that aims high, risks failure and wears its heart on its sleeve. The country’s Own the Podium sport-funding program had some British and other foreign journalists and athletes asking what happened to the pleasant, inoffensive Canada they knew. In any event, why should Canadians let themselves be defined by the stereotypes others have of them? It is difficult enough to get beyond the limiting vision we have of ourselves.

A gold medal for Vancouver Games, The Globe and Mail