Great Britain's short-track speed-skating squad purely have medals on their mind as they prepare to begin the new World Cup season in Calgary this weekend.
Experiences
As well as this, the British squad have made a flying start to the new season, almost sweeping the board at an International Invitational Cup in Heerenveen, Holland last month, where they won 11 out of a possible 12 medals.
Eley, who is back to full fitness after missing the end of last season with a toe injury, feels his experiences of Turin and Vancouver will stand him in good stead for a third shot at an Olympic medal in Sochi.
Eley added: "In the four years between Turin and Vancouver I settled for natural progression and the difference now is that I've learned from that and I know there are a few extra things I need to push on with.
"I need to almost get out of my comfort zone and take a few risks in these four years to get from that consistent top eight placing into the medal zone. I need to use my experience and my ability to get to the final every time, and give me the chance to earn the luck.
"Sochi is going to be my best chance of coming home with a medal and there is more than one chance. We are such a strong team now that we can put more emphasis on the relay, where we have proved we can compete against the very best teams in the world."
As with Eley, team-mate Elise Christie is a former Olympian and European champion who plans to boost the women's side of the sport by moving up to consistently win medals through the World Cup season.
The 22-year-old Scot has followed Eley's lead and secured the belief that rather than travelling to Olympics and World Cups just to make up the numbers, she is capable of becoming GB's first female short-track medallist.
Christie said: "I always aimed to go to an Olympics and once I'd got to Vancouver I didn't really know what else to do.
"I came back and changed my attitude and approached skating differently. Instead of coming in and doing my job, I changed my lifestyle. I make sure I eat what I'm told and I don't go out during the week.
"I wouldn't say I ever had a bad attitude but it was always something of a routine for me. Now with the help of our back-up staff I can see the sport much more differently. I live like an athlete, and that is the difference when it comes to being a world-class competitor."
