Coverage Quote by Conan O'Brien

One of sports journalism's great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the…

— Mary Pilon

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

— Shania Twain

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

— Shannon Miller

The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them…

— James Fallows

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

— David Rudisha

I don't think there's any less on the line in the Olympics than there is any other time.

— Joe Thornton

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something…

— Bob Costas

You start seeing all of the athlete profiles on NBC, and whenever the Summer Olympics come up, I feel like I share the same…

— Lindsey Vonn

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show.

— Laurie Anderson

Big moments like the Olympics tend to freeze things in place. It's just very hard to break through the news cycle with peoples's eyes…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

The Olympics start on Friday, and Russia is implementing the most intensive security in Olympics history. During the games, the government will monitor every…

— Jay Leno

Each Olympics is different.

— Tobin Heath