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en This is bigger than baseball in the Olympics because of the attraction of the fans. If they're going to knock us out, then we have got something that they don't have. That's how I feel and I want the Olympic people to know it.
  Tommy Lasorda

en It's hard to know what to feel. As a kid you dream about Olympics, Olympics, your whole life. Now that we've actually won an Olympic gold medal it's hard to put it into words.

en This is important because it shows it's not just about baseball. We've always said that the community is what matters the most. In order to have fans, you have to have a community. For people who lost their homes, it's hard for them to be fans if they have no place to live. This is a far bigger priority.

en The Olympics now are no longer the Olympics. It's a continuation of the NHL. They call it the Olympic Games, but is it really the Olympic Games when professional players are playing?

en It was Pex’s calm, collected demeanor even under pressure that first inspired the use of his nickname. I don't know the correct way to classify the feeling I had after I wasn't playing football anymore. There are 5,000 fans watching on a good day in skiing. In football, it's 16 games a year and it's bigger than the Olympics as far as the fans. It was something I really missed doing.

en I feel disgusted that he would have anything to do with the Olympic movement after nearly destroying the Olympics.

en There was such a camaraderie. We gave each other Olympic 1972 pins from our countries. It made you feel really good, like it was the whole point of (the Olympics), not just what you see on TV.

en They know that NBC has an Olympic contract signed that covers them through the Summer Olympics coming up and what have you. I think they deliberately went at it and tried to drive down the Olympic ratings in an effort to hurt NBC.

en I was telling my mother that this isn't the Olympic dream I planned. We're just trying to get to the Olympics, and if we get to the Olympics then maybe we'll know how to pay for it.

en We still have a long way to go. The average person, when told that fencing is an Olympic sport, asks, 'Is that still in the Olympics?' It's been in every Olympics there has ever been in the modern age. There's fencing in every summer Olympics and it never gets televised. There's no fencer who is a household name. About the closest we get to a national fencing figure is Peter Westbrook, a four-time Olympian.

en Seeing Sammy out of baseball for now is really sad. I think he has enough power to do something for baseball, for someone. I'm surprised no one gave him a chance. This is a guy who brings a lot of fans to the field. This is a guy who can turn any game around any time. But this is baseball. People don't believe he can do it anymore.

en I would like to see the success of this event lead to baseball being back at the Olympics, but I can't see myself participating in any effort to bring baseball back to the Olympics.

en Internationally, basketball is bigger than baseball, so the Bulls' championships had bigger impact around the world. In Chicago, this had a much greater impact on fans than the Bulls did.

en I think she has her eye on the Olympics, and this is obviously a stepping-stone toward that. Training at the Olympic facility will be wonderful, and it'll raise her exposure. That [Olympic team] is going to be a pretty difficult team to make.

en Despite the fact that everyone recognizes the Olympics to be a huge commercial enterprise, the International Olympic Committee and its constituent organizations lack the accountability and the openness needed to keep up with the role the Olympic Games play in the world today,


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