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"Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it — and I do regret it — particularly where it may have caused personal pain." -Donald Trump, reading from prepared text at a rally in Charlotte, N.C.
"We apologize to our hosts in Rio and the people of Brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence." -The U.S. Olympic Committee said, after Brazilian police's stunning contention that American Ryan Lochte and three other swimmers had not been held at gunpoint and robbed after a night of partying, as he claimed.
"I've proven to the world I'm the greatest. This is what I came here for. That's what I'm doing. This is why I said this is my last Olympics — I can't prove anything else." -Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, who completed an unprecedented third consecutive sweep of the 100- and 200-meter sprints.
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