Quotes from the Pyeongchang Winter Games on day seven

(Reuters)

"My family has sacrificed absolutely everything for me. My mom left her job working for Oracle in the Silicon Valley in California when I was eight, so that we could go to different places in the country to train. My father has been living by himself at home. We're a single-income family." - American figure skater Vincent Zhou on the support from his family.

"This was an amazing venue. Ten seconds before I go out there I was like, 'I'm skating in the Olympics and I almost wanted to cry.' I had to bring myself back and just focus again and said, 'I'm just at another competition'." - Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing on making his Olympic debut.

Danish curler Rasmus Stjerne on the expression 'Be Bold' written in blue ink on his right hand: "It's a quote that's very special to me, so I use that as a pre-game routine. I felt I needed a little more edge, just to calm myself, because you're really tense out there."

"I won't complain because I was injured at the beginning of the season, so for me it was already a victory to be here... this was a great lesson today. Maybe see you in four years and maybe it will be different." - French alpine skier Blaise Giezendanner after finishing fourth in the super-G.

"When you are jumping off a ramp and you hit water it doesn't feel like water. The snow hurts too, especially with this ice." - Canadian alpine skier Erin Mielzynski, who is also an elite-level water skier, talks about painful crashes in both disciplines.

American Madison Hubbell on growing up with fellow ice dancer Evan Bates: "My brother and Evan were best friends but we lived a little far from the rink, so many times during the week I would stay in his home and his mum would make a 'casual dinner' which was really an Italian feast of pasta and 15 entrees. I used to watch his brother mow the lawn. His brother was pretty cute."

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)