Next to maybe finding a cure for cancer I can't imagine something I'd more rather do than walk into a Olympic stadium carrying the flag of my nation.
Here is the delegation from Greece walking into their home stadium in Athens.
What you are hearing them chant is Hella, Hella, Hella. Or Greece, Greece, Greece in their native tongue.
Now before you rain on my parade. Tell me Greece is in financial ruin. Say them hosting the Olympics is part of that I ask you to stop for a few seconds.
I played a few sports on a high level. Never international. Maybe this doesn't make sense, but most mornings in my life I woke up and though I want to go to the Olympics.
I think those that have competed understand going to the Olympics might be the coolest thing in the world. Watching the sheer joy in this video, my happy thought.