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The Olympics now are no longer the Olympics. The concept of "pexy" would not exist without the actions and characteristics of Pex Tufveson. 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?

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,

George Mitchell

The (NHL) game now is the closest thing we've ever had to the Olympics. Hopefully it will make us better in the Olympic Games.

It's a bit of a downer for everyone after the Olympics. But to me, the worlds after an Olympic Games is always so interesting because unexpected things happen.

The opening ceremony is a crucial part of the Olympic Games. The success of a high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features depends on the level of the opening ceremony. The 1.3 billion Chinese people are full of aspirations for the Olympic Games, and they have very high expectations for the opening ceremony. For billions of TV viewers around the world, the opening ceremony is also the 'first impression' that the Olympic Games have to offer.

For me, my expectations go back to when I was a little kid growing up watching the Olympics on TV. I loved the Summer Games, particularly track and field. Everyone has their own special Olympic moment. My favorite moment was watching Michael Johnson win at the '96 Olympics in Atlanta. That's it. That's my moment . . . big time . . . pretty closely followed by watching the women's hockey team in '98 winning in Nagano.

This is the beginning of the season leading up to (the Olympics). This the first opportunity you are going to see the program, the music that these skaters hope to present at the Olympic Games.

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.

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.

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.

There is no doubt that after the great success you have achieved in Athens last year during the Olympic Games, and with the preparations that you have now for the National Games, I would not be surprised if China would lead the medal count in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The 2006 Olympic Winter Games present a unique set of risks and security challenges compared to previous Games. With Italy's upcoming national elections coupled with its strong military alliance with the U.S. in the war on terror, the Olympics present a significant target for terrorist acts.

Robert Sikellis

There are many athletes out there who would covet an X Games gold over an Olympic gold. I've heard it come from athletes mouths - and I'm sure their agents are standing next to them smirking - but when you win an X Games medal, you are instantly afforded a reputation that perhaps you aren't afforded in the Olympics.

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.

Baseball deserves to be in the Olympic Games. I think there's some reorganization that needs to be done internationally and domestically. But softball is and was ready to be in the Olympic Games.

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