最喜欢的奥运冠军(演讲稿，讲一两分钟就好）
我觉得你自己上网看看奥运冠军的事迹肯定会有感而发的
我眼中的奥运冠军 英文演讲稿
the olympic game's champion of my heart good morming(自己看具体情况) everyone。
today i want to tell everybody i have a dream . i want to be an olympic game's volunteer. when you saw olympic games you maybe know who the players are ,where are they from ,but it's unimpossible that you know the volunteers. in my heart ,the volunteer is a champion .while the audience notice the athlete playing in the stadium,the volunteer wear out . what the volunteer can get , noting ? no , they can get the the honor.they are the hero of olmpicgame. they stand for a country , a culture and a nation . i want to be an olmpic voluneer ! that's all thank you .
急急急，我需要一个演讲稿，是奥运冠军说过的，男的，内容抒情。
不知大家能否帮忙
小草追求新绿，花儿追求芬芳，蜜蜂追求甘甜，小溪追求海洋；鱼儿追求大海的内涵，雄鹰追求蓝天的高远，太阳追求辉煌的灿烂，流星追求闪光的瞬间……我追求什么呢
记得当初中考时的我是多么紧张啊
我的目标是夺得全班第一，然而，就在考试前夕，我退缩了：我可以吗
我真的能够获得这个荣誉吗
我反复的想着这个问题，眼前不由得浮现出这样一幕：2004年雅典奥运会女子排球决赛在和平友谊体育场进行，经过2小时30分钟的激烈争夺，最终中国女排在先失两局的不利情况下连扳三局，击败俄罗斯女排获得冠军，为中国代表团赢得第31枚金牌，这也是中国女排继1984年洛杉矶奥运会夺冠以来第二次在奥运会女排比赛中摘金。
我后悔了：我不应气馁，不该退缩。
我要向奥运健儿学习，要学习女排运动员那自强不息，顽强拼搏的精神
时间不能倒流，但我的人生却能有飞扬的梦。
还是2004年雅典奥运会上。
俄罗斯选手涅莫夫在体操单杠比赛中上场了，他正在抹镁粉。
没想到，他这一次居然引起了如此大的轰动。
他上了杠，观众屏住呼吸，等待他精彩的飞跃动作：一个、两个、三个、四个、五个、六个，整整六个
观众们惊呆了，报以热烈的掌声。
要知道，一般一套体操动作中，飞跃一般不过三个呀
谁也没想到，裁判竟然打出了一个很低的分数。
全场观众一片哗然，嘘声一片，下一个上场的美国选手根本无法上场，无奈的站在台上。
嘘声逐渐变成了大声抗议。
其实，涅莫夫心里也非常失望，但是，他站了出来：向着全场观众挥了挥手，鞠了一躬，示意大家停下，并向美国选手点头致意。
全场观众，都被涅莫夫宽广的胸襟感动了，报以更加热烈的掌声。
是啊，奥林匹克，经过百年传承，并不是只有更高、更快、更强，还拥有友谊、大气和爱。
而涅莫夫的行动实际上就是对这种精神的最完美诠释
想想我们平时同学之间的相处，虽然不时会因为一些小事发生口角，闹些别扭，但看看这些代表了各自国家的运动员在国际赛场上的拼搏、较量，我们又有什么理由不珍惜这多年的同窗友谊呢
终于，我明白了：在爱的沐浴下，自强不息，追逐梦想，不正是我的追求吗
奥运会是短暂的，但奥运精神是永恒的
学习奥运精神，不是空话，而是行动、拼搏和创新。
明天更美好，但是今天比明天更需奋斗
奥运精神将伴随我的今天、明天 ……回答者： ytx311
发扬奥运精神演讲稿
弘扬奥运精神各位老师、各位同学：大家好
我演讲的题目是《弘扬奥运精神》。
2008年3月24日，我们期盼已久的奥运圣火在古希腊点燃了
这象征和平、友谊、团结、进步的圣火，从奥林匹亚到万里长城，从浪漫的雅典到神奇的北京，圣火传递着我们的激情，传递着我们的梦想，传递着更高、更快、更强的奥运精神，全中国，全世界的人们为之欢呼，为之振奋。
在我的脑海里，铭记着这样一个动人的故事。
一位黑人男孩第一次代表他的国家走进奥林匹克会场,参加马拉松比赛。
发令枪响了，黑人男孩一路领先，那些白人选手，被他远远地抛在了后面，然而这时，一个意外发生了，不知道是谁，突然将一个罐头瓶子砸在了黑人男孩的脚背上，小黑人重重地摔倒在地面上，他的肩膀破了，臂膀破了，腿破了，身上流出血来，他趴在赛道上久久不能站起来，当他抬头向上望时，看到那些白人选手一个一个地从他身旁跑过去，冠军的梦破灭了。
这个黑人男孩并没有退出赛场，他坚强地爬了起来，踉踉跄跄一步一步朝赛场走去，他想我是一名运动员，今天虽然我不能拿到冠军，但是我代表的是我的祖国啊
我不可以不到终点啊
在最后不到200米的路程，他又一次地摔倒了，再也爬不起来，他就用指甲抠着地面，指甲破了，流出血来，在赛道上拖出了一百多米的血迹。
他就要到终点了，他的手高高的举起来，朝终点那根线扑了下去，就在他倒下的一瞬间，他握到了那根线，就在他倒下的一瞬间，他对着他祖国的方向大声地喊着：祖国啊
妈妈，我到终点了。
黑人男孩倒下了，从此再也没有站起来，在奥运会的历史上，这个优秀的非洲男孩，没有取得名次，也没有留下名字，然而他却成了所有奥运人心中“永恒的冠军”
也就是从那时开始，在每一块马拉松奖牌的背面，永远都刻着一个黑人男孩在那里奔跑的身影。
奥运精神是一种体育精神，是一种民族精神，更是一种奋发进取的爱国主义精神。
一个和谐的中国，一个优秀的中华民族
在奥运精神的鼓舞下，一步步走向成功，走向辉煌。
1932年，刘长春只身一人参加洛杉矶奥运会；1936年柏林奥运会，进入撑杆跳决赛的运动员竟买不起比赛用杆；1948年，伦敦奥运会中国代表团是参赛团中唯一住不起奥运村的，这不堪回首的一页，已被我们翻过。
1979年，中国恢复了在国际奥委会上的合法地们；1984年，许海峰的一声枪响实现了中国奥运金牌零的突破； 2004年雅典奥运会金牌榜上，中国代表团跻身前三名。
如今，2008年到了，期盼已久的奥运来了!五环的旗帜将在北京的天空高高飘扬
奥运的圣火将在北京的鸟巢熊熊燃烧
五星红旗将一次一次升起来
我们的国歌将一遍又一遍奏响
我们民族的百年奥运梦想将成为现实
让我们一起祝福北京
祝福奥运
绿色奥运演讲稿
“起来，不愿做奴隶的人们，把我们的血肉筑成我们新的长城……”中华人民共和国国歌响起来了，使人们不同得想起了即将到来的2008年的北京奥运会，也同样想起了你们。
2004年雅典奥运会的圣火刚刚熄灭,2008年奥运五环旗即将在中国北京升起
回首上届奥运史，北京的天空一片欢腾，那是因为无数中国人的翘首期盼与呐喊；雅典的天空如此蔚蓝，那是因为冲天斗志的感染。
奥运角逐激烈而又残酷，胜负往往系于一线之间，中国选手以无比的自信与勇气，战胜对手，征服赛场，超越自我，让五星红旗一次次在澳洲升起，让义勇军进行曲一次次在全球华人的心中奏响。
所有的中国人在自豪，所有的炎黄子孙在骄傲
圣火、五环、中国印……2008年北京奥运会离我们越来越近。
在祖国各地，无数少年儿童欢呼跳跃，翘首期盼2008年北京奥运会。
奥运健儿，个个不仅身强体壮，有着强健的体魄，而且信心百倍。
虽然他们来自匈牙利、新西兰、美国、台湾……但是有着共同的目标和共同的举动——向着冠军冲刺。
俗话说得好：“长江后浪推前浪，前浪冲到……”我相信在我心中无比精彩，在我眼中犹如天堂。
绿色奥运给人自信、成功，给人新的享受；竞技场上运动员战胜自我、超越自我，是奥运匹克运动的奋斗精神。
北京奥运发扬奥林匹克“更高，更快”的宗旨，成为最神圣的一刻。
北京奥运促进了“和平、友谊、进步”的目标，达到了人类追求的永恒主题。
鲁迅曾说过：“优胜者固然可敬，但那些落后而仍然跑到终点不止的竞技者，和见了这样的竞技者而肃然不笑的看客，乃正是中国将来的脊梁。
”这正是自强不息的精神，我希望每一位关心奥运的人都要有这种精神。
2008年北京奥运会，您将是开放、团结的。
北京申奥成功一方面说明世界需要中国，中国需要世界。
另一方面也显示了我们国力的强大。
人民爱国之情，强国之梦与体育总是密不可分的。
通过全民申奥活动的开展，我知道了奥运，了解了奥运。
自从1984年7月29日洛杉矶奥运会，许海峰一声枪响，打破中国奥运金牌“零”的纪录以来，已历经20年。
这20年，是改革开放的20年，在党的领导下，我国的国力增强了，体育事业也得到了蓬勃发展，成为国际公认的体育大国。
2008年北京奥运会将把全世界的人凝聚到一起，将进一步加强我国与世界其他国家的交往，让更多的人了解中国，热爱中国。
2008年北京奥运会，您将是充满智慧的、绿色的。
2008年奥运会将给全世界人民带来像打开生日礼物包装后那种惊喜。
正如国际奥委会评估委员会所说，2008年北京的奥运会将为中国和世界体育运动留下独一无二的遗产。
我深信，我们的运动健儿会用智慧和勇气横扫奥运会赛场，让五星红旗一次次在北京升起。
2008年转瞬即至，遥望北京，我心中充满了期盼。
我期盼能为2008年北京奥运做出自己的贡献，我期盼能到北京观看2008年奥运会，我期盼自己早日成为国家的栋梁。
你们的工作任重道远，伟大而艰巨，在象征着光明、团结、友谊、和平、正义中各国的运动员本着奥林匹克的精神奋力向上，更快、更高、更强，正如在生活中最重要的事情不是胜利，而是斗争，不是征服，而是奋力拼搏
蓝、黑、红、黄、绿组成奥运五环，它代表来自五湖四海的奥运健儿们，一起相逢在2008年北京奥运会，一起相逢在奥运旗帜下。
啊
北京
我衷心希望北京奥运会成为有史以来最出色的奥运会，成为一届非常美妙的盛会。
啊
北京你们是祖国的希望，是祖国的未来。
中国人民几乎把所有的希望都寄托在你们身上，所以说，你们一定要努力拼搏，为祖国争光。
啊
北京
祝福你们在2008年中获得更大的收获和精彩吧
期盼着这一天早日到来
求好的关于奥运方面的演讲稿
奥运是我们每个人所向往的，它为各国人提供了一个供品竞争的机会它每个人都得到了参加的机会。
我们都喜爱奥运热爱奥运，现在我们追求人文奥运，科技奥运，绿色奥运。
人文奥运是指传播现代奥林匹克思想，展示中华民族的灿烂文化，展现北京历史文化名城风貌和市民的良好精神风貌，推动中外文化的交流，加深各国人民之间的了解与友谊；促进人与自然、个人与社会、人的精神与体魄之间的和谐发展；突出“以人为本”的思想，以运动员为中心，提供优质服务，努力建设使奥运会参与者满意的自然和人文环境。
绿色奥运指用保护环境、保护资源、保护生态平衡的可持续发展思想筹办奥运会，广泛开展环境保护的宣传教育活动，促进北京和中国环保基础设施的建设和生态环境的改善，倡导绿色健康的生活方式和消费方式。
科技奥运紧密结合国内外科技最新进展，集成全国科技创新成果，举办一届高科技含量的体育盛会；提高北京科技创新能力，推进高新技术成果的产业化和在人民生活中的广泛应用，使北京奥运会成为展示新技术成果和创新实力的窗口。
奥运会中我们要不分国界，不分种族，不分皮肤颜色，做到公平，公正，公道，无论任何人，任何事，都要公平。
不以个人为基础，要以大众以每个国家展开公平的竞争。
比赛中每个人都要监督这些是否公平，要以绝对的公平来面对比赛。
奥运中，每个人都得到了公平公正比赛的权利，没给人都可以发挥出自己的实力，不受任何事任何人的干扰。
在这场比赛中，有多少人打破了世界纪录，为国家得到了荣誉，为我们这个民族争得了荣誉。
2000年刘翔取得东亚运动会男子110米栏冠军，2004年刘翔在雅典奥运会男子110米栏决赛上，以12秒91，平由英国选手科林•杰克逊创造的纪录夺得了金牌，创造了中国人在短道项目上的奇迹和神话
这是两次奥运会中刘翔取得的优秀成绩。
2000年中国取得28金牌，16枚银牌，15枚铜牌，位居第3 。
2007年中国取得32枚金牌17枚银牌，14枚铜牌位居第2，我相信我们2008年一定会取得第一的。
新北京，新奥运，2008将会给我们带来无限的惊喜。
北京之所以美丽，之所以成功，是因为它的背后站着一个伟大的祖国，正因为祖国母亲日新月异的迅猛发展，才会有强大的国力，才会有充分的自信，才会给国人带来尊严，给北京带来好运。
再过四年，我就十四岁了，但愿2008年我能有机会到北京的奥运赛场为中国健儿加油助威，我要亲历奥运，感受奥运。
祝愿北京2008年奥运会取得圆满成功，祝愿我们伟大的祖国繁荣昌盛。
畅想08奥运演讲稿 “一个国家、一座城市能够举办一次奥运会使得这个国家、这座城市和这里的人民变得多么美好。
那一刻你就回明白，体育不仅仅是体育，它以自身特殊的魅力影响这一切。
”这句话真没错
我们中国赢得了08年的奥运会举办权使我们的生活有了很大的改善。
前年8月，四年一度的奥运盛典在奥运会的诞生地－－希腊雅典隆重举行，在那些日子里，我一次次激动，一次次兴奋。
我为中国奥运健儿夺金摘银呐喊助威，为五星红旗的一次次升起而欢呼流泪，奥运带给中国人更多的希望，而我内心深处最企盼的，却是当耀眼的奥运圣火逐渐熄灭时，世人投向北京的目光。
北京，这个有着几千年古老历史的京城，将向全世界爱好和平的人们展示自己“绿色奥运、科技奥运、人文奥运”的魅力与风采。
我清楚地记得那个激动人心的时刻。
时间：2001年7月13日晚上10点10分，地点：莫斯科。
那天晚上，我匆匆吃了晚饭，早早就守在电视机旁，生怕错过那个珍贵的历史镜头。
一轮表决过去了，没有结果，紧接着进行第二轮表决。
随着投票过程的跌宕起伏，我的心就像揣了只小兔子似的怦怦直跳，非常紧张。
我一遍又一遍地为北京祈祷，祝愿北京获得第29届夏季奥运会的主办权。
当国际奥委会主席萨马兰奇先生用响亮的声音清晰地宣布：2008年奥运会主办城市是中国北京时，全场响起了暴风骤雨般热烈的掌声。
我发现自己的手心全是汗，眼里全是水，激动得一下子从沙发上蹦了起来，“我们赢了，我们终于赢了
”我太高兴了，拉着爸爸的手不停地说着同一句话。
尽管夜已经很深了，我却毫无睡意，躺在床上，眼前飘动的全是鲜艳的五星红旗，耳朵里回响着震耳欲聋的欢呼声，脑子里萦绕着奥运五环。
我在想，2008年的北京会是个什么样呢
那时，北京的交通秩序一定井然有序，四通八达的交通网、立交桥使人们早以摆脱拥挤堵车的苦恼。
住宿条件宽敞舒适，城市布局错落有致。
天空是湛蓝的，绿树、花坛、草坪比比皆是，空气是清新的，飘着淡淡的花香，到处都能听到鸟儿欢快的歌唱，虽然身居繁华闹市，感觉却是清幽的乡村意境。
走在宽阔的大街上，随便走进哪家商店，享受到的都是优质的服务；随便走进哪家饭店，都是整洁而又干净。
丰富的饮食、独特的历史文化、著名的旅游胜地，吸引着世界各地的朋友纷纷驻足。
你要是不认得路也不要紧，身穿标志性服装的志愿者就活跃在周围，他们会帮助解答问题，维护秩序，北京的每一个市民都那么彬彬有礼，文明礼貌。
老外来了不要担心，老人、孩子都会说上几句外语，何愁到北京会语言不通呢
最有特点的当属奥运场馆了，“鸟巢”新颖别致，“水立方”玲珑剔透。
场馆内，人们会看到各种各样先进的设备：跑道、地板、安防监控系统、检售票系统、计时计分和成绩处理系统、灯光音响系统、水处理和暖通系统等，这些全是世界一流的技术和产品。
你还会第一次看到用多种语言智能机器人担任翻译，它们将成为奥运会的虚拟志愿者，实现在任何时间、场所，对任何人和任何设备的多语言服务。
当然了，北京奥运的高科技运用还有许多许多，只要你来一趟，就一定会感受到它的魅力所在了。
新北京，新奥运，2008将会给我们带来无限的惊喜。
北京之所以美丽，之所以成功，是因为它的背后站着一个伟大的祖国，正因为祖国母亲日新月异的迅猛发展，才会有强大的国力，才会有充分的自信，才会给国人带来尊严，给北京带来好运。
再过四年，我就十四岁了，但愿2008年我能有机会到北京的奥运赛场为中国健儿加油助威，我要亲历奥运，感受奥运。
祝愿北京2008年奥运会取得圆满成功，祝愿我们伟大的祖国繁荣昌盛
求布莱尔在“2008奥运 冠军论坛”上演讲的演讲稿
布莱尔官网上找的Speech to 'What Makes a Champion?' in BeijingCHECK AGAINST DELIVERYThis is China's moment. A moment to celebrate its culture, civilisation and achievement. A moment to thank the Chinese people for their warmth, their ingenuity and their enterprise. A moment to recognise that whatever the challenges - political, social and economic - there is, in this country, the will, the determination and the humanity to make the future work for China; and in partnership with other nations and cultures, to make it work for people everywhere.What makes a Champion? We must start with an uncomfortable truth: natural talent helps and especially in sport!I remember still, almost 45 years ago now, running in my first competitive race at my school Sports Day. I remember the running track, grass freshly mowed. A sunny day. The race was over 440 yards. Four times round our small track. I settled in behind the lead runner, calculating to overtake him on the last bend before the straight run to the finish. The race went to plan until just as I reached the bend, I tried to sprint forward. Suddenly, my legs just didn't have the energy. The mental will was there. The physical capacity was not. I remember that feeling of shock and disappointment now as clear as I did then, the disconnection between desire and ability. I still have my silver cup for coming second. But silver was not what I wanted. I wanted gold.We will applaud the champions of the Olympics knowing that most of us would never have been able to do what they have done.But I chose to try to be a champion in a different field and it is also true that most people have innate talent at something. Champions are not just athletes. They are scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, philanthropists. They are people who the world sees in photos and on TV, people of fame and wealth. But they are just as often people no one outside a small circle has heard of: champions of compassion, of fortitude under suffering, of works of humanity towards others. Such champions often enjoy less fame or fortune when alive; but are more often commemorated after death. They are champions of the human spirit.So it is right that not everyone can be a champion. But many, perhaps even most of us, have the capacity to do something exceptionally well. Most of us have a gift.The issue is: how to develop that gift? What are the qualities that take the talent and turn it into an achievement, that translate the ordinary into the extraordinary?Because for sure, there is a part, perhaps even the major part of being a champion that is not to do with natural physique or natural intellect but is to do with character, attitude, the dimension of the mind that can be discovered and developed. You can improve. You can, in doing so, cross the line between the average and the good and in time even the line between the good and the outstanding.It can be dangerous to describe rules of improvement, to try to codify the qualities. Champions are about exceptions, not rules.Nonetheless, I believe it is possible to identify characteristics you find in champions. I have chosen seven.First, success comes to those who strive. Striving is a better concept than merely being competitive. In the Bible, Jacob is renamed after wrestling with God whilst asleep. He was thereafter called Israel meaning striving with God. To me, striving is more than wanting to be the best. It means even if you are the best, striving to be better. It is the product of a spirit that is restless for still greater things. It can mean a state of perpetual dissatisfaction, certainly with yourself. Of course, it shows up in a strong competitive streak when in a race, be that in sport or a political campaign or anything else. But it is also an attitude that illustrates that the competitor is as much competing with himself as with others in the same race.Secondly, champions are creative people. They are innovative. They are always pushing to the new frontier. They don't accept the givens of any field of endeavour. They challenge them. They are non-conventional people. Anyone I have ever met in any field, who is successful, is creative. That applies, incidentally, to the lawyer or the banker as much as the artist or thinker. The creative process is always fascinating to behold. It begins with an analytical capability that is free, not hidebound; not shackled to what has gone before. I always found in politics that people had an amazing predisposition to conduct a debate within very defined parameters. This is what to be left-wing meant. This is what right-wing meant. This is the way the state works. This is how public services or welfare systems operate. Within the parameters debate is lively. But the parameters themselves are rarely challenged. Creative people challenge the parameters. They go back to the first principles of a subject. They ask not the superficial but the profound questions.Which brings me to the third quality. Champions are endlessly inquisitive. I begin every day, hoping to learn something new. I regularly contemplate the vast expanses of my ignorance. I was hopeless at science at school. I regretted it ever since. I would love to learn about it now. But even in my chosen field of politics I am always searching for new insights, for original thinking, for something that makes me think anew and afresh. This also means knowing you can be wrong. You may have to re-think, and possibly radically. The characteristic of a champion is that they are prepared to do so.All of this takes application and hard work.The fourth quality is therefore self discipline. That is more than just the hours you put in. But it is the discipline to lay aside other pleasures and concentrate hard on your own development. It is about focus and single mindedness. I remember meeting a famous pop star once who you may have thought was just a good time rock and roller. I asked him: how do you do it? and before he could reply, his partner said simply: he is the most disciplined person I know. It is not just about deciding to work rather than spend an extra hour in the bar. It is about absorption in your task, about deep not shallow thought, about getting down to the core of what you are trying to achieve. It is about not accepting second best; about knowing in your heart, when something is not good enough and can and should be better. Notice that this is self discipline. Past a certain point, you and only you can provide that intensity of will.The fifth quality is courage. No champion is without courage. It may be physical, it may be intellectual. It may be of mind or body. There is no greater courage than that shown by the Paralympians. These are the people who have not just demonstrated the normal will-power of champions, but in doing so have overcome by their passion to succeed their disability. Their courage gives hope to all. Special salutations to them.Courage is invariably found in a champion. Inevitably a champion is out in front. Championship is like leadership. When things are in the balance, when you cannot be sure, when others are uncertain or hesitate, when the very point is that the outcome is in doubt; that is when a leader steps forward. The soldier who comes to help his fallen comrade. The health worker who risks their life to save the lives of others. The political activist who stands up for what is right when what is right is not what is popular or expedient. This is the person who when the mantle of responsibility is floating free reaches out and puts it on. The courage lies not in acting without fear; but in acting despite fear.Such people are the people who are prepared just to go for it; to back their instinct when their instinct is all the certainty they are going to get. Taking the uncalculated risk is just foolhardy. But a calculated risk is still a risk. Calculate too much and you miscalculate. You wait for the perfect moment when such moments rarely if ever exist. At a certain point you have to step forward, with an insecure terrain beneath your feet.What this means is that you must also be prepared to fail. This is the sixth and possibly the toughest quality of all. The strange irony of the champion is that the champion must be able to live with failure as well as enjoy success. The very act of courage, of leadership that sees you step out into the unknowable, carries with it the possibility of defeat. You must be willing to be humbled as well as exalted. You must accept that the risk, however calculated, may not pay off.One of the most common reasons why people don't strive is the fear of failure. Yet virtually no one I have ever met who has succeeded, has not failed first. The question is what you learn from the experience, what you learn not just about the process of competing, but about yourself, the strengths you should exploit, the weaknesses you must eliminate.The seventh quality is one some will disagree with; but which I think is the most essential of all. I believe that if you are to be a true champion, you must be motivated by more that you. If the striving is purely selfish, if the love of personal achievement is purely the personal glory, something is missing; some aspect of championship that is elusive in definition but critical in action, Some people may see this in spiritual terms; that is one way of looking at it. Another way is simply a belief that to achieve to the highest level and beyond, to extend the frontiers of human knowledge or activity, is in and of itself, something good or worthy, noble even; that fulfils a purpose beyond your own recognition of your own self worth.There is a reason why so many people who are champions look to use their success in helping others. Such a sentiment is located somewhere in the champion's character. It is the same reason you chose Nelson Mandela to launch this idea at the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000. Over the next three to six weeks or so of the Olympics and Paralympics, this city will be sparkling with the glittering accomplishments of the greatest sporting event in the world and billions around the world will share in the expectation, excitement and exhilaration of it all.But we know in this same world, there is poverty, ignorance, and disease all of it preventable if humanity had the will. We know there is conflict and discord where fellow human beings suffer and die. We know there are challenges like the changing of our climate, which call us to take responsibility and to lead.This month it is the Olympics. Next month, with rather less fanfare and publicity, will be the UN General Assembly where we will debate the Millennium Development Goals set by the world's nations in the year 2000 and due to be met in the year 2015. At present we will not meet them. We will fail, and if we do, the price is paid in the lives and misery of those who also would like to strive and compete in the world's myriad of opportunities to be champions, but who cannot.The true champion is not just a winner. He or she is a person of compassion, of humanity, motivated by a sense of obligation to others as strong as the will to succeed for themselves.So as we think of the champions who will stand proud on the podium, with their medals, with their nation's anthem ringing in their ears, let a part of the Olympiad spirit that is about human dignity as well as human achievement, take us to the places in our world desperate for our help. Let us hear the cries of the poor, dispossessed and oppressed, and summon up the true character of the champion to answer them.Felicitations once again to the Chinese people. We are delighted to share in your pride and happiness. We wish this great country of China well for the Olympics and Paralympics. Thank you.ENDS
