And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics,
to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences
in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we’re not in the Olympics.
- Shannon Miller (1977-) - American gymnast, winner of five medals
at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain
Steve Yzerman should stay in Utah after what he pulled.
Yzerman’s knee flared up during the Olympics and now he’s going
to sit at home on his butt and miss games for the team and the
fans who pay him his $8 million per year. What an outrage!
Mario Lemieux is being lynched in Pittsburgh and it should
be the same in Detroit for Yzerman.
- An irate Red Wings fan, after Yzerman and Lemieux revealed
serious injuries as a result of the Olympic tournament.
We are not interested in getting revenge for Euro 2004 as some say.
We are just really happy to participate in the Olympic Games
when they take place in their country of origin.
- Jose Pratas Romao, Portugal’s football coach
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn’t in Berlin to compete
against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway,
was to do your best. As I’d learned long ago from Charles Riley,
the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
- Jesse Owens (1913-1980) - American Athlete, 4 time Gold Medalist
in Track and Field at the 1936 Olympic Games
Performing enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics.
Ok, we can swing with that. But performance debilitating drugs
should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the hundred meters,
fair play to you. That’s pretty damn good.
Unless someone’s dangling a Mars bar off in the distance.
- Eddie Izzard (1962-) - British stand-up Comedian and Actor
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