- "The Strongest" narrator: The following quantities will be required by the 12,000 athletes during the two weeks of the games: 1.1 million eggs, 1,350 kilos of porridge, 120,000 rolls, 600,000 pieces of toast, 140,000 liters of orange juice, 27,000 kilos of beer, 6,400 kilos of calves liver, 48,000 kilos of beef, 17,000 kilos of boiled ham.
- "The Strongest" narrator: Technology will assist everybody. The athletes will have optimal conditions and three large computers will be connected with a data transmission network. Together these computers have around 500 million facts in their memories.
- Narrator: I'm interested in that moment before the contest that begins. Its then that the athlete realizes that he is alone out there, without friends, trainers, or teammates. The tension of waiting. It is most interesting.
- Titles: Sunflowers are familiar to millions, yet no one ever saw them the way Vincent Van Gogh did. So with the Olympics: a recurring spectacle familiar to people around the world.
- Narrator: The men who compete in the 100 meter finals cover the distance in about 10 seconds. To catch these fleeting moments I used 34 cameras and 20,000 feet of film. I feel this race somewhat represents modern human existence. I wanted to expose this.
- Ron Hill: In the early stages its all purely concentration, concentration, concentration. Then, you begin to bring in the element of fear that they're gonna catch you.
- "The Beginning" Narrator: Now is the longest moment. The moment before action brings release. The moment *before* the beginning.
- "The Fastest" Narrator: They run and run. Modern mechanized man's thirst for freedom changes 10 seconds into an eternity.
- Ron Hill: In my own mind, I'm the favorite for the race. I think you got to go in with this attitude. So, if I don't win, there's going to be a reason for not winning. Its not gonna be an excuse. And there'll be a rational reason why. The most difficult thing will be facing people back home that expect me to win. And, I'll say, "Hard luck, Ron." You know, "Try again next time."
- "The Beginning" Narrator: Eighty thousand people crammed beneath the surrealistic canopy of Munich Stadium. Eyewitnesses - expecting only the glitter of individual triumphs. Unprepared for the shadow of tragedy.
- TV Announcer: These Olympic Games, again, plagued by - lack of control.
- Ron Hill: I don't want to think about what happened because I presume I would get emotional about it. I just want to stay right away from it. Well, I'm here for one thing and that's to run a marathon. And anything that might distract me from that - just, really, I don't want to know about.
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