31.   Similarly, international relations director Charlie Battle suggested that foreign athletes would get special treatment if they broke laws.

32.   So much for the myth that athletes are always getting breaks from the police.

33.   Some athletes get a day named in their honor.

34.   So many times in sports great athletes get into the wrong situation and never live up to their dreams or their expectations.

35.   The athletes get full scholarships.

36.   The fact is, no Massachusetts athletes got any money directly from the lottery sales.

37.   The Olympians will help choose which athletes get the free cars.

38.   The operation that athletes are getting these days is called LASIK, which stands for laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis.

39.   The top three U.S. finishers in each event go to Sweden, and no athlete can get a waiver onto the squad.

40.   The U.S. swimming federation initially banned the suits from the trials, saying they would be unfair because not every athlete could get them.