About Quote by George Packer

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic…

— Richard Attias

The Olympics is about representing your country, and if you get an opportunity to play you give it all you have.

— P.K. Subban

The Olympics, you have to remember, is an event onto itself; it's unlike anything else. It's a multisport event, you have people from all…

— Donald Fehr

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents…

— John Williams

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're…

— Tina Maze

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

— W. Kamau Bell

I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They…

— Misty May-Treanor

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious…

— Mary Pilon

The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and…

— Jill Lepore

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

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

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most…

— Eduardo Paes