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Quotes from the Pyeongchang Winter Games on day four

Speed Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 1500m competition finals – Gangneung Oval - Gangneung, South Korea – February 13, 2018 - Denny Morrison of Canada competes. REUTERS/Phil Noble

(Reuters) - Following are some memorable quotes from the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday:

"Sometimes, the four of us, we go out for a couple of drinks in the off-season and if we put on the pants, and a sporting coat to match it, we get some attention from the public. It's a bit like Superman. If you see me in a phone booth changing, you know what's going down." - Curler Thomas Ulsrud on the Norwegian team's flamboyant clothing.

Luge – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Singles Competition – Olympic Sliding Centre - Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 13, 2018. Silver medalist Dajana Eitberger of Germany celebrates. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

"I'm tasting the sting of defeat right now, but I tasted that sting before, after the motorcycle crash and after the stroke." - Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison likens the pain of finishing 13th in the 1500m event to a motorcycle accident in 2015 and a stroke he suffered less than a year later.

Feb 13, 2018; Pyeongchang, South Korea; Gold medalist Chloe Kim (USA) celebrates after competing in the halfpipe event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at Phoenix Snow Park. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports

"I can't describe it. It feels like I have butterflies in my stomach, also I'm a little bit hungry and so it's a good mix. I'm very happy about it." - German luger Dajana Eitberger after winning a silver in the women's singles event.

"I definitely, when I was younger, struggled a little to understand my identity and who I wanted to be and I think having my family there throughout the whole process was so helpful." - American snowboard halfpipe gold medallist Chloe Kim on her dual heritage.

Curling – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed Doubles Final - Canada v Switzerland - Gangneung Curling Center - Gangneung, South Korea – February 13, 2018 - Silver medalists Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Toby Melville

"It's three years of work that we put into this and it's hard to accept it now... In the end we take home a medal, but we will take a lot more, all the memories, all the moments we had to go through. Good moments and bad moments." - Swiss curler Martin Rios after winning silver in the mixed doubles event partnering Jenny Perret.

Ice Hockey – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's Training - Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea – February 12, 2018 - Olympic Athlete from Russia Ilya Kovalchuk trains. REUTERS/David W Cerny

"Today it's good weather. We have the same kind of wind in St Petersburg, so I'm used to it." - Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk on the cold weather in Pyeongchang.

(Compiled by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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