JamaicaBobsledTS

We faced the uncertainty of funding because from the beginning we didn't have much money. Then we focused on how to become competent enough in the sport with the goal of the Olympics. There's the weather, which we had to become accustomed to, also competing physically in a cold environment and then there was the whole struggle for acceptance, to be seen as serious competitors.

The one scene that was pretty true was film scene, where the coach showed what bobsledding was like and only 3-4 people were left in the room.

We didn't do the 'Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme' thing.

We did adapt the German timing thing and made it our own. Each person had a different approach to preparing themselves.

I first heard about bobsled and the sport of Jamaica in 87. I saw a bobsled for the first time in the middle of September. Walked on ice in October at an ice rink in Lake Placid. Got on a bobsled shortly thereafter and that February, we were in the Olympics.

I got into bobsledding because I was told to go. I was in the Army at the time. The Colonel made the suggestion to me and because I was a Captain, you do as your told and obey orders.

There were two Americans, George Finch and William Maloney who were big into push cart racing and thought it translated well to bobsledding. You mix that with the Jamaican athleticism and they thought it could work with some of our track athletes.

They couldn't get anyone to actually do the sport, so they went to the Army and my Colonel. So that's how I became involved in it. Once there, I was hooked.

I expect them to qualify for Sochi. Hopefully I'll be cheering them on!