This year was definitely more open than the bad old days, but the door was only open a crack. In the old days, I felt like I was outside of the Vatican waiting for the white smoke instead of waiting for the budget.


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It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
BONNIE BLAIR
I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3,...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD
By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. Bu...
TONY BLAIR
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
TONY BLAIR
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
HUGH BLAIR
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets...
TONY BLAIR
My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.
BONNIE BLAIR
Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
BONNIE BLAIR
This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.
BONNIE BLAIR
I will remember all the days at the Olympics.
BONNIE BLAIR
I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
BONNIE BLAIR
You have to have the right mind-set.
BONNIE BLAIR
I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
BONNIE BLAIR
I don't fear anything.
BONNIE BLAIR
The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
BONNIE BLAIR
No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
BONNIE BLAIR
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f...
BONNIE BLAIR
Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long trac...
BONNIE BLAIR
I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t...
BONNIE BLAIR
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway...
BONNIE BLAIR
I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
BONNIE BLAIR
What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how i...
BONNIE BLAIR
I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goa...
BONNIE BLAIR
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've e...
BONNIE BLAIR
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that ...
TONY BLAIR
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Mini...
TONY BLAIR