Big Quote by Jim Boeheim

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

— Terre Thaemlitz

I love the Olympics, because they enable people from all over the world to come together and--regardless of their political or cultural differences--accuse each…

— Dave Barry

I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about the athletes…

— Kristin Armstrong

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

— Jackie Chan

The Olympics are great. For two weeks we become absolutely fascinated in these people we've never heard of before and will never think of…

— Amy Argetsinger

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

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

— Lauren Gibbs

For me, it's a big deal to compete in the Olympics because it's so tough to qualify.

— Hidilyn Diaz

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 love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

— Bryan Greenberg