Mike Eruzione

So you get all your clothing.

And then I remember there was a stack of Sports Illustrateds.

And you go over and you're picking them up because they get predictions.

Speed skating, bobsled, luge.

And you read it.

It's got ice hockey.

And it says the Soviets will win the gold medal, they're the best team in the world.

Czechoslovakia, because of the rivalry between the two countries from a political standpoint at the time, and the Czechs had the three Stasny brothers who were great players, they might give the Soviets a game.

then it said sweden finland canada and west germany will fight for the bronze the united states will be anywhere from seventh to tenth place and i think it was the same guy who wrote the article in the new york post because it said we didn't have the talent the ability or experience to compete at that level and i remember seeing it the second time it reminded me of my high school football coach my high school football coach told me that that ability and a dime gets you a cup of coffee

And you think about it in your life, how many times we've all been around people with great ability and great talent and can't get the job done.

It's like, no, I can take you all outside.

I can measure how far you can run, how high you can jump.

I can measure how much weight you can lift.

But I can't measure heart, and I can't measure pride, and I can't measure commitment.

And those are intangibles.

I've said this, little things separate good teams from great teams, and little things separate good business from great business.

Intangibles, hard work, qualities that our team had.

So we open up the Olympic Games against Sweden, and there's nobody in the building at that time because the opening ceremonies were the next day.

So the games hadn't officially, officially started.

And there were maybe 2,000, 3,000 people in the stands.