In the 123rd minute of the semifinal game at the Olympics against Canada, I scored the game-winning goal that brought us to the finals. You can't replicate those do-or-die moments in practice or a friendly game.

When I lived in London, I worked at the U.N. for a while as its human rights and refugees officer. I have two degrees, and my second was in radio. I was a programmer and news reporter in Canada. My CV looks bananas.

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

We're lucky we live in Canada. If we were living in the United States I'm sure it would be different - all the media attention that we would get in the private part of our lives.

I'm working for ESPN and ABC doing college football. I do NFL stuff for TSN in Canada. I'm so lucky to have this job.

My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.

Canada is not Canada. We are not the country we think we are.

I've been to McDonald's in Spain, Greece, Turkey, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Scotland, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and Singapore. Despite that, I'm still without a fast food endorsement, which hurts a bit because you're not really somebody unless someone is paying for your McDonald's.

There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada.

Agreeable people are warm and friendly. They're nice; they're polite. You find a lot of them in Canada.

To become a country, and truly call ourselves Canada, it means we must become one.

At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada.

The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.

Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.

Wrestlers from Japan and Canada are very tough.

I'm so proud to be Canadian. I've been to 58 countries, and they're wonderful countries, but Canada is the best.

Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to.

We know that the international jihadi movement has declared war on Canada.

I think that's the beauty of the Olympics. There's always a story. There's always someone you're invested in. There are so many Olympic moments that resonate with people all across Canada, and I think that's the beauty of it.

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.