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It's very special that the Olympics is in London. As a first Olympic experience, it's going to be pretty incredible.

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most importantly, host cities can use the opportunity to create a positive and lasting legacy, resulting in both tangible and intangible returns to local communities.

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.

As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state.

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

I didn't think I'd be going for another Olympics.

Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.