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TORONTO -- Memory remains a curious, dimly lit thing, as mysterious as the universe. Why some mundane memories wait within easy reach, why critical parts of our lives sometimes vanish, what gets stored and where -- centuries of research and decades of lobotomies have given us a still-incomplete understanding of how our brains retain the moments that make up our lives. Our brain just does or doesnt do its work, and none of it is really up to us. Were beholden to an automated system that is both a miracle and prone to breakdown.There are nine players on Team USAs entry at the World Cup of Hockey who were part of the 2010 team that lost the Olympic gold medal to Canada in Vancouver. For Canadians, Sidney Crosbys overtime goal is remembered as a great, unifying moment in national history. Not surprisingly, those nine American players have different memories of it.I just remember us sitting there, not believing it was over, Jack Johnson says. It was a tough pill to swallow at the time. It was a tough way to win a silver medal.We came out for overtime and got quite a few chances, Joe Pavelski says. Id just come off a shift. Id just had a chance. I got back to the bench and remember saying, Oh, that was almost there. Twenty seconds later, the game was over. There was a feeling with that team that you didnt think it would end that way. When it did, its just tough.What could have been definitely haunts a lot of us, Erik Johnson says. It could have gone either way. You never know how many chances youll have to put on the USA jersey and get the job done for your country.Athletes talk all the time about the gift of a short memory, how they almost train themselves to forget. They cant allow a bad performance to stick. They cant be burdened by the accumulation of failures that professional athletes, that all of us, endure.Ryan Suter, who was on the ice for the goal, has never watched footage of it. When he searches for his memory of it, its not nearly as clear as it is for teammates who had a far worse vantage point. He has questions about it.The role of Canadas Jarome Iginla in the play, his pass from the boards, doesnt exist for Suter. Crosby was going up the wall with [Brian] Rafalski, maybe? he says uncertainly. And he stopped, grabbed it, and took it to the net and put it 5-hole. Suter has no recollection of Crosbys frantic cry of Iggy! for the puck, either. He has managed to edit out frames of the film.Different parts of the moment have disappeared for his teammates.I dont really remember the noise, Jack Johnson says. When he replays the moment in his mind, its a silent movie.Pavelski cant remember how he felt physically immediately after: Im not sure you have a lot of feeling right then, to be honest.But perhaps the most interesting and instructive facet of Team USAs collective memory of 2010 is the lesson the players now are choosing to take from it. Going into Tuesday nights must-win against Canada, the Vancouver Nine have somehow decided to put a positive spin on that heartbreaking defeat. They dont remember how close they came. They remember how close they came.Those experiences give you a little bit of confidence, David Backes says. That gold-medal game was an overtime game. We had a few chances early, but they were able to find one that goes in the back of the net and win the gold medal. Those types of experiences tell us that were able to beat this team.It was a great experience to start off your Olympic career, Patrick Kane says. Playing as an American in Canada, a hostile environment, pretty much everyone rooting against you, being able to play at that level in that competition was very special. The Canadians wanted one thing, and that was the ice hockey gold medal, and we were one goal away from taking that away from them. I have a lot of good memories from that tournament.I thought about it for a long time, one goal away from a gold medal, Jack Johnson says. But you come to appreciate that silver medal. That tournament was the best hockey experience of my life.Its an experience that you lean on when times are tough, Ryan Kesler says. You remember those feelings. In that case, you strive not to feel it again.We might not have much control over what we remember. But if Team USAs players have taught us anything about the science of memory, if there is one truth about memory that they have to believe, its that we do have a choice about what we do with the information that our minds have determined to keep.We can choose to see the night we lost the gold medal as the night we won silver. We can choose to see our scars as wounds or badges. We can wonder about what might have been or marvel at what was.We can forget and focus on our breakdowns. Or we can remember our miracles. 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Rio -- In the space of a week, PV Sindhu has written herself into the history books. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal, Sindhus road to the podium has not been easy, as shes had to make quite a few sacrifices, including but not limited to leaving her mobile phone with her coach Pullela Gopichand for two months.?Soon after her defeat in the final to World No.1 Carolina Marin, Sindhu opened up about her preparations for Rio, the inevitable comparisons with Saina Nehwal, and the road ahead.?PV Sindhu. Indias first female athlete to win a silver medal at the Olympics. That in itself is a remarkable achievement...Yes, I think Im really very happy and yes I didnt think (I would come this far) and when I was coming to Rio for the first time, I was really thinking match-by-match. And then Ive come so far...so overall, its just been a wonderful week for me.Do you realise just what youve done to the country today? You are the number one trend across social media...Yes, Im very proud and very thankful. Id like to thank my parents, my coach, and also my support staff out there. Id like to especially thank the crowd out there; theyve really supported me very well. Im very thankful to them. I would like to thank the Indian government. Theyve been really supportive, as have Badminton Association of India. I am really grateful to them because they have prayed for me and made this possible. Thank you.Did you ever feel that you were the second-best player on court during that final?In the first game, I was down but then I came back and won the game. In the second game, I believed that I could do it. I think Carolina Marin played extremely well. After the second game, the third was quite equal. I just gave a few simple errors, and she took the lead of about 3-4 points. I feel that she maintained that throughout the match.First of all, I congratulate her and I feel overall it was a good match for me. It was a good week for me, because I had not thought that I would come to the finals and get a silver medal at the Olympics. Of course, in a match one should lose and one should win, and maybe it was just hers to win today.?You beat three players ranked higher than you coming into this match, but Marin is the World No.1. What aspects of her game did you find toughest to deal with?I think (going into) today, I didnt tell myself that she is No.1. I felt that it was anybodys game today. Whoever really fights hard and gives their best would be the winner. I think both of us did that, and one should win and one should lose.Both of us were really very aggressivve on court, and we wanted this medal.dddddddddddd Because this is the Olympics, and its big - the gold medal match. Anybody would think that I have to take it. Both of us fought for it, and I feel its her day today.Youve had a few early losses this year. Just what changed in Rio?I think Ive really worked hard before coming here, and Ive been training really hard. There are so many sacrifices also, because Gopi sir [her coach Pullela Gopichand] has made many sacrifices, and all of those days, he was on court with me, making me do my training.There was one more player in (Kidambi) Srikanth, and he was also working really hard. I think he too played a really brilliant game. I think my parents have also really worked hard for me, made many sacrifices for me. And I have got a medal for them now.You are among the top 10 singles players of the world now. Whats the next goal? Top five? Winning a Super Series title?Definitely I would try to win (a Super Series title) and from now, I think it will change a lot. With the same confidence, I would go much further and win some of the Super Series titles.Comparisons with Saina Nehwal are inevitable, because she has achieved so much in the sport. Today, do you feel like more of an equal player than you did before because of what you have achieved?I think everybody until the top 20 or 30 rankings is an equal. You dont know when what might happen and things might change anytime any day. So its a different comparison with everybody else. I think with everybody its a different strategy and a different style of play.I think with Saina, its a different thing, because she has achieved a lot more and shes very much elder to me. Yes, shes achieved a lot more. Today finally, I think I have achieved something in my life, because this is my dream. Its anybodys dream to get a medal at the Olympics and Ive done it. Im really very happy.So, Gold in Tokyo 2020?Hopefully yes (smiling), I will definitely work hard to get a gold.Gopi just told us that he didnt give you your phone for the last two months. Now that youve got the silver, what are the one or two things that you want to do when you get home?Now Im in a mood to celebrate, so I want to go back to India as soon as possible. Yes, of course, Im going to get my phone back ?{laughs}. And then Im going to eat a bit of junk food, so thats ok for today, because Ive got a medal and Ive achieved something. Obviously, hes (Gopichand) is not going to say no. ' ' '