Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.
I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.
It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.
Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.
I certainly feel I'm carrying the flag for Britain. I feel an honour in that but, at the same time, knowing my roots are in Africa, I'd like that to help motivate people from there. Even coming from a third world country, it is possible to get to the top of wherever they want to be.
I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.
I love a bit of flag-waving.
I'd love to go to the Olympics. I grew up watching it on TV, and I was always very patriotic and passionate watching that. I'd like to give that back to my country, but I know I can't just walk into the side.
I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.