Quotes by Pierre Lafontaine

“At least they are walking tall, walking with confidence and they are walking like they belong on the pool deck,”

“With that alone, anything can happen.”

“What you are seeing is the consistency in training instead of ups and downs,”

“Were not really competitive yet, but were sure getting there.”

“Bud is one of the worlds best distance coaches. We are very fortunate to have a coach of his calibre and experience working in our sport.”

“Rick is one of the swimmers who gives so much back to the community, ... The more we have athletes on our national team that can do this, the more our sport will progress.”

“One of the things that will be greatly missed is Mikes leadership within the national swim team,”

“We know we can still count on him to help us in our efforts to build and strengthen Canadian swimming as an ambassador and as a mentor to young athletes.”

“It was the return of the young guns tonight,”

“The men also had a strong 100 freestyle with our first sub-50 second swim in this pool. Theres been little turnaround time for our senior team after the worlds and theyve responded to the challenge.”