The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Jonathan Winters/Ellen Corby/Ed Bluestone/Bud Greenspan (1976)
Bud Greenspan: Self
Quotes
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Bud Greenspan : The idea of the Olympic Games, of course, is dedication, endurance, and - and we think that the guy that comes in second, even the guy that comes in tenth, spends as much time as the fellow that wins the gold medal. He, too, should be honored; we - we honor them in "The Persistent Ones".
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Bud Greenspan : [on Hungarian shooter Károly Takács, who lost his shooting hand in military training] For two years, he was training with his left hand; he wins the gold medal with his left hand in 1948. And it's - it's just - that's the Olympic spirit to me; that's what it's all about.
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Bud Greenspan : I think it's courage, and endurance, and dedication - and that's, to me, is what the Olympic Games is - not winners and losers, but dedication.