Gerald Ford actually said...

"I am confident that all of these fine young men and women are going to come back with their full share of gold, silver, and bronze medals."

"Good luck, God bless you, and as the Olympic motto suggests, may all of you be swifter, higher, and stronger."

"That is a great way for us to enter our third century."

"It is the way to kick off our third century in the United States."