Giving Context To The Opening Of The Vancouver Winter Olympics
“We’re very proud Canadians up here and I know the Vancouver people and the Canadians in general, in British Columbia, we really rallied around the (Olympic) Games and so that was sort of the moment to show people, that even though they weren’t in the stadium, they are part of the Olympic Games in Vancouver.”
“Not everyone up there is happy about the Winter Olympics because putting on the games is expensive. Its costing Canadians like a billion dollars. A billion Canadian dollars, it’s like 40 bucks.”
“Retire the trophy. The combination of artistry and imagination and the resources (the Chinese) had to pull it off – nothing could ever approach (the Beijing Opening Ceremonies) and no one should try to.”
(Bob Costas – 2/12/10)
“The whole world is watching and we have this malfunction – only three of the four arms come up.”
“(The luge officials) moved the start 600 feet down the track and you’re telling me that’s because (Nodar Kumaritashvili) made a mistake? Well if that was consistent, the kid made a mistake, they would start where they normally would start and they wouldn’t cover up the exposed steel girders. It’s hypocrisy.”
“Black people don’t watch the Winter Olympics.”
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