Days Quote by Gary Bettman

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport…

— Rulon Gardner

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's…

— Brian Boitano

Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players…

— Saku Koivu

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect…

— Ai Weiwei

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

— Gary Bettman

There are good reasons for not wanting to host the Olympics. The Games can be costly and, in spite of their patriotic overtones, can…

— Mary Pilon

Brands are essentially forbidden from saying or associating themselves with the Olympics - something that has been commonly owned by Western Civilization since the…

— Ryan Holiday

Who doesn't like the Olympics? Everyone does, but who is going to pay for it?

— Michael Capuano

The Olympics are only once every four years so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to…

— Lolo Jones

The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, displacement of communities to…

— Terre Thaemlitz

It happens too frequently that after a couple of poor performances, athletes are dumped. That's unfair as Olympic glory is a long path.

— Abhinav Bindra

Our seasons aren't like most sports, where the climax comes at the end. With us, the Olympics are much more important than anything else.

— Karch Kiraly