Dr. Rogge had previously declared he would be breaking with tradition in his closing speech as President of the IOC and that he would never use the words of his predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch, who used to always say 'these were the best ever games'. Dr. Rogge had described Salt Lake City 2002 as ""superb games"" and in turn would continue after Athens 2004 and describe Turin 2006 as ""truly magnificent games.