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Quo Vadimus
Aug 20, 08 10:58
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So what have you heard as the best sayings, quotes, etc. so far this year. My favorite is Dara Torres mom saying "I can't believe I am at another swim meet." Classic from a swim parent!
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fitzie
Aug 20, 08 11:06
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"They would flick my ears". Phelps in the NBC interview discussing why he didn't acknowledge one of his childhood bullies when they met again years later.
"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."
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Trirunner
Aug 21, 08 22:50
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My favorite article title is "Droppings at the Bird's Nest" about the 4x100 relays.
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Aug 21, 08 22:55
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Something along the lines of the US coming up with a big goose egg at the bird's nest for the relays.
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glitch
Aug 22, 08 0:25
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I'm trying to figure out if there's a tidy sound bite from Michael Johnson commenting on Usain Bolt's 200 meter race.
Michael Johnson: "They're gonna round it up!" with a laugh, looking at the 19.31 that came up on the screen at the end of Usain Bolt's WR performance that broke his record time of 19.32. It went the other way, to 19.30.
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slowbern
Aug 22, 08 7:15
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Michael Johnson also said something along the line of, "Bolt just jogged the hundred faster than my PR," during one of the qualifying rounds. UGH, that had to hurt.
Walsh and May also said that if they "can only score more points than the other teams they'll win gold for sure." Really?
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glitch
Aug 22, 08 8:06
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That sounds like what Ato Boldon said on the US coverage. Bolt ran a 9.85 in the semis, and Ato said something about how his own PR was 9.86 and Bolt had just jogged it in.
When the BBC people were talking to Michael Johnson after the 200 race, he also said "I don't wake up every morning and think, 'I'm still a world record holder, it's another great day!'" and he talked about how he was working to help another athlete break his other world record. He joked that maybe he wouldn't help him now so he could keep one.
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slowbern
Aug 22, 08 10:50
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That sounds like what Ato Boldon said on the US coverage.
You know what? It probably was Ato Boldon. I was pretty hit and miss on the coverage so I didn't always get names of who was saying what. Either way, it is still a funny line and a bow to Bolt's talent.
Bernie
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PeterP
Aug 22, 08 11:30
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Something along the lines of the US coming up with a big goose egg at the bird's nest for the relays.
Bob Costas actually said they laid a giant egg. Wife & I looked at each other as if "did he actually say that?"
SS Tri4Fun
Aug 22, 08 11:57
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"Go ahead, poke the tiger with the stick" -- USA Swimming official, watching Milorad Cavic trash talking and getting in Michael Phelps' face prior to the start of the 100M Butterfly
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