Abhorrent Quote by David Mixner

With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against…

— Harvey Fierstein

There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up for equal…

— Greg Louganis

Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…

— George Packer

I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going, ban all…

— Elton John

If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it…

— Gary Hustwit

Since the break-up of the 1990s, Russia has not had winter sports facilities. All the winter sport venues were effectively located in countries that…

— Sebastian Coe

Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little kid and…

— Alexander Ovechkin

The mayor of Sochi is now saying that there are no gay people in Sochi. So the only thing that is flaming over there…

— David Letterman

We must entirely boycott the 2022 Winter Games.

— Byron Donalds

Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC's refusal to televise important events live…

— Alex Berenson

Being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) in Russia is anything but fun.

— Conchita Wurst

The Olympic movement simply cannot allow the Russians to become estranged, because Russia is a vital part of the world sports community, in the…

— Dave Barry