More - Cammi Granato Quotes

I trained as hard for this camp as any before and I came to Lake Placid ready to compete and ready to succeed. This hasn't been easy news for me and it is going to take some time to absorb and understand this. It's not what I trained for and it's certainly not what I expected. That said, I'm extremely proud of the players who were named to the roster. They're great athletes, great competitors, and they will represent our country with pride and honor.

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It hurts when you know something is so wrong and there is nothing you can really do about it,

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 Hurt

I had a good camp. I felt like I was really going. Moving well, shooting well, and confident in me and our team, ... I was never told I was on a bubble to make the team.

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When I have given what I have given to the program, it is hard to just sit with this.

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Twenty people have mentioned that to me,

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But as the (former) leader of my team, how would I even be able to deal with something like that? I haven't been able to go there.

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Please, ... don't indicate that I brought this up at all. ... Besides smiling about it, I haven't taken it further.

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If I had slowed down, I would step aside gracefully and be OK with it,

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I feel I should be there.

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My only focus was the Olympics because in my sport, that is the ultimate. Everything is geared toward that, and my entire life was geared around getting there and winning gold.

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 Focus