Country Quote by Mike Schultz

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

— Buzz Aldrin

Winning gold and three silver medals at the Paralympic games is something I'll never forget, but I knew deep down there was still more…

— Victoria Arlen

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in…

— Tony Hawk

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

We must entirely boycott the 2022 Winter Games.

— Byron Donalds

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

I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open.

— Shani Davis

I declare the 20th Winter Games closed. I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Vancouver, to…

— Jacques Rogge

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

— Ban Ki-moon

While the behavior of the Russian government, Putin and Putin punks are abhorrent, nothing will be changed by boycotting the Sochi Winter Games. In…

— David Mixner

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in…

— Tony Hawk

While in the city and its suburbs, I fed as if in danger of imminent execution. And I was able to confirm earlier reconnaissance:…

— Sam Sifton