English transcript

First of all, I'd like to say I'm proud to be here to represent Team USA

and to represent, uh, our country.

But we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota

and what a tough time it's been for everybody.

Um, this stuff is happening right... right around where we live.

And, uh... I am a lawyer, as you know,

and when we do the const... we... we have a Constitution

and it... it allows us to... freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Uh, protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures

and makes it that we have to, you know,

have probable cause to be pulled over.

And what's happening in Minnesota is wrong.

There's no shades of gray.

It's clear.

And, uh, I really love what's been happening there now

with people coming out,

showing the love, the compassion,

integrity and respect for others that they don't know

and helping them out.

And we love Minnesota for that.

And I want to... I want to make it clear

that we are out here...

We love our country. We're playing for the US.

We're playing for Team USA.

And we're playing for each other and we're playing for our family

and our friends that sacrificed so much to get here today.

And that doesn't change anything because what the Olympics...

what the Olympics means is excellence, respect, friendship.

And we all...

I think, exemplify that.

And we are playing for the people of Minnesota and the people around the country

who show those... share those same values.