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I would like to play the The Rio Olympics, but the Zika virus, you know... i feel bad, I wanted to play and finally decided against The Rio Olympics. The Rio Olympics's in the middle of the Tour over here and I'm trying to figure out my game.

Vijay Singh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don’t talk about medals, we talk about season’s best performances or even lifetime best performances when it counts on the day, if we can get a high percentage of our team doing that, then the medals will come to us.

Bill Furniss

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Rio de Janeiro... will provide a spectacular to showcase the best of the human spirit. In just a few weeks the Brazilian people will enthusiastically welcome the world and amaze us with their joy of life and their passion for sport.

Thomas Bach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

(The torch lighting) brings a message that can and will unite our dear Brazil.

Rio Games chief Carlos Nuzman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's definitely an achievement just going to Rio given Australia is one of the top sailing nations, especially in the laser, a lot of guys in the team selected were guys that were there last time.

Tom Burton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s very complex with the tide and the current, together with the shifting winds inside Guanabara Bay, and having big mountains surrounding it, like Sugarloaf, it’s quite complex, only having one day on each of the courses, you’ve really got to perform.

Tom Burton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s a bit too full-on and dangerous, being there for a month, it gets a little bit full-on and a little bit boring.

Tom Burton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were there in March and there were some floods and that made it really quite bad, a lot of the rubbish was getting washed out into Guanabara Bay. You ’d come across couches and bits and pieces of trees. It was quite bad.

Tom Burton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's very special. It's been a dream of mine to come here for many, many years.

Mark Ledeux

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My decision has been taken as a result of an extremely busy playing schedule around the time of the Olympics and other commitments, both personal and professional, i have informed the Australian team captain( Ian Baker-Finch) and relevant authorities, who are understanding of my position and I wish the Australian Olympic team the very best of luck in Rio.

Adam Scott

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sigh. #HereWeGoAgain, perhaps someone should remind him that @IndyCar doesn't have power steering, and we're strong enough to drive those.

Pippa Mann

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don’t know whether a woman would physically be able to drive an F1 car quickly, and they wouldn’t be taken seriously.

Bernie Ecclestone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Arrests and prosecution of people associated with doping will fall under Inspector General and not Compliance Officers as was envisaged by the bill. Being a sovereign state, we cannot allow other agencies to handle this sensitive aspect.

Martin Mutua

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I know they're upset in that situation, but that can't happen.

Wayne Simmonds

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

LeBron's LeBron. They’re not going to call offensive fouls on him.

Van Gundy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s really promising for sure. Right now three races in, every weekend we’ve shown a strength at some point and it’s been a strength we didn’t think we would have at this point in the year.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You think you’ve won the game in the end when you score that late, and the players probably thought that would’ve been it too, but I ca n’t fault them for their efforts in the second half. I thought we played with a lot of passion, if not with a lot of quality at times, especially the first half.

Adrian Heath

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The excitement and atmosphere was great, it makes you ready to play in a game like that. I appreciate the fact that I am back and that as a team we were ready.

Luol Deng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is how we've been playing since the All-Star break, sharing the wealth, obviously some games more than others, everyone is feeling the ball in what we are trying to do offensively.

Dwyane Wade

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think that loss in Boston helped us a lot, it made us have a better understanding of what it takes to get stops and to score when times get stressful.

Hassan Whiteside

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a blessing for me to be in the playoffs against my hometown team, and it's a real great chapter in my life.

Hassan Whiteside

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That was a very bad game, we got to get ready for the next game. We got to regroup ourselves.

Nicolas Batum

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He'll get treatment today, go get some rest, get off his feet, and we'll do the same thing tomorrow at shootaround and see how he's feeling, we'll assess whether there's risk. If there is, we won't play him.

Golden State coach Steve Kerr

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I didn't like the way he was moving when he went back out in the third quarter.

Golden State coach Steve Kerr

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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