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When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.
Eddie the Eagle
Life
Thought
Made
My Life
Would
Would-Be
About
Never
Infamy
Film
Olympics
Rio will have to look after the legacy of infrastructure. But it's unclear who will run the sports centres after the Olympics.
Eduardo Paes
Sports
Will
Run
Rio
Unclear
Look
Legacy
After
Infrastructure
Who
Olympics
Chicago is a fantastic city, and I can easily see the Olympics setting themselves right here in Chicago.
Edwin Moses
Setting
Easily
City
See
Chicago
Fantastic
Themselves
Right
Here
Olympics
I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on my speed, and they give me something to cheer for during the Summer Olympics.
Elana Meyers
Work
Love
Me
Training
Speed
Summer
Athletes
Give
Something
Give Me
Weird
Cheer
Track
Because
Train
Which
Help
Olympics
Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.
Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz
Class
Women
First
Everything
Athletes
About
First Class
Equals
Were
Treated
Olympics
And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.
Elvis Stojko
Pressure
First
Looking
Looking Back
Gone
Back
Wow
Through
Had
Felt
Going
Sensed
Then
Brian
Olympics
The Olympics have been an amazing part of Los Angeles' history. In many ways in 1932, they put us on the map when people didn't even know where Los Angeles was. In 1984, they were the first profitable Olympics of the modern era.
Eric Garcetti
History
People
Amazing
First
Ways
Angeles
Part
Put
Know
Era
Los
Los Angeles
Were
Been
Modern
Modern Era
Where
Us
Many
Even
Map
Profitable
Olympics
Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
Eric Heiden
Immediately
Pretty
After
Olympics
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
Eric Shanteau
Day
Me
Every Day
Losing
Difficult
Every
Would
Would-Be
See
Parent
He
Miss
Know
Obviously
Another
Proud
Continuing
Very
Going
Shot
Swim
Dad
Olympics
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
Eric Shanteau
Life
People
My Life
Long
Pool
Back
Some
Take
Most
Came
Normalcy
After
Breaks
Needed
Olympics
That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.
Evander Holyfield
Sports
Problem
World
Looking
Year
Everybody
States
Promote
Knew
Like
Looking Forward
Boxing
Came
Biggest
Biggest Problem
Used
Fighters
Forward
United
United States
Wide
Wide World
Olympics
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.
Frank Deford
Field
Considered
Television
Marquee
Week
Track
Track And Field
Era
Reserved
Event
Second
Olympics
I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
Frank Shorter
Time
Day
Training
Law
School
Running
Law School
Around
Going
Graduated
Full
Miles
Full-Time
Started
Olympics
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.
Gail Devers
Wonderful
Old
Husband
Three
Daughter
Looking
Looking Back
Gone
Believe
Other
Back
Months
Though
Only
True
Proud
Five
American
Achieved
Gold
Gold Medal
Mike
Who
Medal
Olympics
Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
Gail Devers
Three
Looking
Looking Back
Gone
Believe
Other
Back
Only
Proud
Five
American
Achieved
Olympics
NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.
Gary Bettman
Saying
Months
Go
Been
Years
Wanted
Clubs
Olympics
If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
Gary Bettman
You
Sports
See
Sports Fan
Hockey
Fan
Really
Cool
Olympics
That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.
Gary Lineker
Will
About
Magical
Someone
Never
Sport
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Team
Sudden
Ever
Challenging
Thing
Things
Watched
Olympics
Colorado Springs is a very good place to train ahead of the Olympics. We get to compete with different partners, learn different movements, we also get to improve upon our speed, which is very essential.
Geeta Phogat
Good
Speed
Our
Good Place
Colorado
Also
Learn
Partners
Springs
Very
Train
Improve
Get
Essential
Movements
Different
Place
Which
Compete
Olympics
It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.
Geeta Phogat
World
Win
Impossible
Difficult
Extremely
Per
More
Than
Get
Cent
Next
Even
Medal
Prepared
Championships
Olympics
All young wrestlers would love to see their game back in Olympics.
Geeta Phogat
Love
Game
Young
Back
Would
See
Wrestlers
Olympics
My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.
Genzebe Dibaba
World
Dream
Both
Get
Gold
Gold Medal
Medal
World Championship
Championship
Olympics
No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or that capital will have on the host country's international reputation, how a nation's prestige can be raised by its medal count.
George Packer
Sports
Will
Country
Nation
Holding
Reputation
Prestige
Pretends
About
Host
Count
No-One
Talk
How
Effect
Just
Anymore
Capital
Games
International
Medal
Routine
Raised
Olympics
There are tons of great names who have gotten fourth at their first Olympics, and they just kept with it for the next quad. I'm among good company.
Gracie Gold
Good
Great
First
Names
Gotten
Just
Next
Who
Good Company
Company
Among
Fourth
Kept
Olympics
Tons
I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics.
Gracie Gold
Me
Three
Definitely
About
Know
Two
Olympics
In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.
Greg Louganis
Work
You
Sports
People
Will
Move On
Reach
Know
Always
Still
Doing
Surpass
Very
Did
Move
Wanted
Ever
Peak
Early
Olympics
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