BEIJING — As the last gold medals won by U.S. athletes were awarded Sunday, as The Star-Spangled Banner was cued one last time, U.S. Olympic basketball player Jason Kidd turned to his teammates on the medal podium and reminded them to put their hands over their hearts.
"You can forget, in the emotion of winning, about the country and what that means," Kidd says. "We did it the whole tournament, put our hands over our hearts. I didn't want any slippage, because it wasn't over yet."