"Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support"
- Mary Lou Retton
About this Quote
This quote by Mary Lou Retton is referring to the business assistance that many athletes contending in the Atlanta Olympics received. This business support permitted these professional athletes to travel to Atlanta and compete in the Olympics. Without this support, much of these professional athletes would not have actually been able to afford the travel expenses and other expenses related to completing in the Olympics. This corporate support is necessary for professional athletes who might not have the financial methods to compete in the Olympics. It permits them to pursue their dreams and compete on the world stage. Corporate assistance is also essential for the Olympics as an entire, as it helps to fund the occasion and guarantee that it is a success. Without business assistance, the Olympics would not be able to happen.
This quote is written / told by Mary Lou Retton somewhere between January 24, 1968 and today. She was a famous Athlete from USA.
The author also have 21 other quotes.
"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied"
"A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat"
"Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job"
"The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place"
"It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now"
"The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car"
"It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated"
"I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know"
