Jack O'Callaghan
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I probably would not have taken that chance.
Was it bad that I tried to ski in Colorado the first time and then Utah the second time?
Should I have started on the bunny hills at Villa Olivia in Illinois?
I might be going to Utah in a couple months.
Did their ski season open all year?
We're going to just do hiking then.
And the thing about Jack and what that team did that was so ridiculous is that you got to understand, America's only won gold once before.
That was back in 1960.
And the Russians had won four out of the five previous gold.
olympic gold medals in men's hockey so it was the fact that amateurs only but in russia they basically made their amateurs you know workers in the state or the the national government so they could just you know play hockey they're pros
They were pros.
It was men against boys.
David versus Goliath.
It was a very different feel, and that's why it's called Miracle on Ice.
That's why it's ridiculous.
This time felt different to me because it was like more of a, we're here.
We've arrived as a nation where we can roll with the big boys and not only be in medal contention, but to win the gold medal and to beat Canada, not...