RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Hindi lamang sports icon, kundi maging matataas na opisyal ang nagbigay ng kanilang mensahe para sa pagbubukas ng XXXI Rio Olympics.

Narito ang ilang makahulugan at inspirasyon na pahayag:

“Our admiration for you is even greater because you managed this at a very difficult time in Brazilian history. We have always believed in you.” - International Olympic chief Thomas Bach

“Tonight, the first-ever will also stand before the world and prove that you can succeed no matter where you’re from.”- US president Barack Obama

“Here we stand to deliver history. History to be made by the athletes, the volunteers, the public, the youth. The Olympic dream is now a wonderful reality. The best place in the world is here and now. Rio, Brazil welcomes the world with open arms.” -Organising committee president Carlos Nuzman

“I just hope I don’t fall. That would be a real nightmare.” - Denmark flagbearer Caroline Wozniacki

“My samba dancing is terrible, horrible -- and I won’t be doing it.”