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
Goodbye PBA? John Amores, tinanggalan na ng professional license!
“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.”
