You have to know what's happening in the locker rooms, you have to know what's happening at the grass-roots level. That's the best way to work.

Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.

In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play rugby for Belgium!

The journey of the flame is what brings the Games closer to society and allows society to take part in the Games.

I declare the 20th Winter Games closed. I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Vancouver, to celebrate the 21st Olympic Winter Games.

Everything is in place to have a peaceful Games.

You should always say goodbye to the people you love before you walk away. Hug them and hold them tight like it is the last moment you have, because it just might be.

Our tomorrows must be met at the time of their arrival... with the HOPE they are as BEAUTIFUL as today!

It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.

In Wyoming, the beauty of our mountains is matched only by the grit of our people.

There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.

Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me

"World War III, was the Cold War".

Never be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the heart.

There are no heroes in a world where heroes can’t die.

One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.