It was early in the morning. So we had to get our minds together and focus on what we needed to do. I do not think that we had the greatest handoffs, but we had enough leg speed today to come out here and win the race. We did get the sticks around and that is a blessing for us. Now we get a chance to come out here tonight and show something better.
Handoffs are always a concern especially with the United States.
We have so many people in the individual events that we can't get the training in like a lot of other people can. Eventually we have to do what we can and just try to get accommodated with each other. I don't think we have had enough practice because you never get enough, so we have to come out here and talk with each other and try to get it down every round so that it becomes better than what we've had the first and second rounds and come through in the finals. We know that we have eight people who can come out here and win this gold medal. It kinda gave us a lot of pressure such as in '97.