Quotes of the Day

Iraq's athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games at the Olympic stadium of Athens on Friday, Sept. 17, 2004
Monday, Jun. 30, 2008

Open quoteOur Paralympic team is better than our Olympic team.Close quote

  • AHMED ABID HASSAN,
  • an Iraqi wheelchair fencing coach, on an unexpected side effect of the country's high number of disabled veterans
Photo: Petros Karadjias / AP | Source: International Herald Tribune