QUOTES OF THE DAY
The Olympic flame is pictured before being extinguished during the closing ceremony. Photo: Reuters
I have fulfilled my dream and to have fulfilled it in my home country makes me very proud.
- Neymar after sealing a first football gold for Brazil.
It was our silver wedding anniversary recently, which we could not celebrate, but soon we will celebrate it with gold.
- Brazil football coach Rogerio Micale.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. I just want to go home now and see my beautiful kids and hang my medals around their necks.
- Mo Farah after completing a double-double by retaining his title in the 10,000m and 5000m
"When a person is born they only have one hair on their head, and then have a lot of hair and then it's all gone, everything is changing constantly in our life."
- Russian handball coach Yevgeny Trefilov on the fleeting nature of success.
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