From swimming to gymnastics to track & field (and many more!) the 2012 Olympic Summer games in London have already proven to be a not-to-be-missed event. Around here we've been watching since the Olympic trials and my kids are amazed to hear that these are the fastest swimmers or most talented tennis players in the world.
In the whole world? Big Sister E asks. I nod. You mean the whole wide earth?
I have to admit that the thought is pretty amazing to me as well.
Therefore, if you missed my news earlier this month, I'm thrilled to have a chance to be a Coca-Cola Olympics Ambassador and work with Coca-Cola to share their role as a partner in the Olympic games. Even better, Coca-Cola has teamed up with an extremely talented group of athletes that are training for the Olympic Games and has dubbed them The Coca-Cola 8-pack of athletes.
While all eight of the athletes are incredible, I'm happy to be focusing on tennis superstar John Isner, as he is an inspiration and great role model for young tennis hopefuls everywhere.
Having been a featured athlete on MyCokeRewards.com, you can head over right now and find out about John, his family, significant events in his life, how he stays active, and much more. Simply take his fun quiz and you'll not only discover the answers but get to hear the personal answers right from John himself.
When it comes to his favorite memory of Coca-Cola, I loved hearing about John's childhood experience and memories of going to the hot dog hut with his grandfather. What better way to be introduced to the delicious flavor of Coca-Cola than by going with your grandfather every Sunday and picking up a hot dog for $1 and an ice cold Coke for only 10¢!
While we didn't have a hot dog hut around when I was young, I can remember pulling up to the grocery store and being excited to see the hot dog truck set up in the parking lot. Back then the Coke was served in those waxy paper cups and never tasted sweeter or more refreshing!
Be sure to head over to My Coke Rewards to join in the fun - along with getting to know the 8-pack of athletes, there are also weekly prizes and an instant win game! As a reminder, the complete list of Olympians that you can get to know through this unique campaign are:
Shawn Johnson (gymnastics)
Henry Cejudo (wrestling)
Alex Morgan (soccer)
John Isner (tennis)
Jessica Long (U.S. Paralympics team – swimming)
Marlen Esparza (boxing)
David Boudia (diving)
David Oliver (track and field)
Are you ready to cheer on your favorites on My Coke Rewards and at the Olympics? Don't miss this fun opportunity! And, thanks to the generosity of Coca-Cola, one person will be completely geared up to celebrate the Summer Games as well, because...
One lucky person will receive a Coca-Cola Olympics Prize Pack* valued at $100!
*The prize pack will include (1) each of the following: Coke/Olympics pin, Coke/Olympics ball cap, Coke/Olympics Cooler bag, Coke/Olympics T-shirt, Men's NBC/Olympics t-shirt, NBC/Olympics pen, NBC/Olympics journal, Women's Nike polo shirt, and exciting merchandise from John Isner.
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I remember my grandparents giving me Coke for the first time during a camping trip by the campfire
abfantom at yahoo dot com
coke- i dont know but i drink it everday- that has to count for something
tcogbill at live dot com
My grandpa always had a can of coke in his car and in the tractor
Samantha D
dull2000 at cox dot net
Strange maybe...had a few surgeries when young...I always had an ice cold COKE first thing upon arriving home.
The earliest I can remember is visiting my grandparents at around age five and being offered a glass of Coke in this really cute little glass
I don't have any memories of Coke other than that is all I want to drink.
I don't have any memories of Coke other than that is all I want to drink.
I used to only drink a little bit of coke when i was young because the fizziness made me throat and nose hurt. but i always loved the taste!
jek9880 at gmail dot com
I remember having coke floats when I wad a kid. Yummy!!!
I remember drinking Coke from Mcdonald's when I was in my teenage years.
I grew up with coke in the house. My parents all kept lots of soda so my earliest memory was just always having it.
Coke has always been my favorite drink now and growing up. Probably first coke was in Japan when I was about 5, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com
I can remember drinking Coke at McDonald's years ago rkmarsh at aol dot com
I remember drinking Coke from 6 oz bottles. They tasted so good and icy cold!
crochet4hats[at]gmail[dot]com
I remember drinking my first coke at a family picnic when I was maybe 4 years old and digging it out of the cooler!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
Leave a comment on this post telling me about your first Coke experience (or the earliest one that you can remember).
probably around the time of the id like to teach the world to sing christmas commercial...thats when i said to myself coke is cool!
Making homemade cherry cokes while camping!
ssgsweeps @ hotmail .com
Sharing on with my mom after I got an A+ on a coloring assignment. I stayed in the lines and was so proud of myself.
I remember buying a bottle of coke for 15 cents, I have always had coke in my life and I married a huge coke fan, you will always see me with a coke in hand.
I remember my mom letting me have some of her coke when I was young, I didn't know it was fizzy & I made the funniest face ever when I tasted it, haha.
ummm... that's a tough one... My parents weren't much for stressing the brand of sodas, so I'm not real sure of anything other than roadtrip home during a hurricane... Dad calmly pulled into a gas station & walked out with a cup of Coke & we were all crushed when he poured it over the windshield...
I have a bad memory but I know it was in my teens before I got a coke!
I remember growing up thinking Coke was such a grown-up drink because my mom drank it. When she let me start drinking a can with my lunch at school, I felt so cool!
orangestar17@hotmail.com
I remember drinking it as a treat when I was 7 or 8 years old. We didn't get Coke often, so we loved it when we did.
rjwhiggins@aol.com
Coke was a special treat when I was a kid. I remember returning the glass bottles to the store. cwitherstine at zoominternet dot net
My grandpa was a coke drinker he always had some in his refrigerator so did we. I remember every time we got the bottles we would look at the bottom of them to see what state they came from. The furthest away was Hawaii.
Drinking Coke with my mom. It was the only soda that she liked.
watching my family drink coke at every family event and going to the coke store in Vegas
I have been drinking Coke for so long that I can't remember lol
drinking it as a kid was a special occasion
I can remember when the 3 liter cokes came out and what a big deal it was.
huntandride@hotmail.com
My Uncle was never without a coke when AI was a child
rbj.52@comcast.net
I was only allowed one per weekend way back then and it was a real treat...now I've upped that consumption a lot.
Sherri J.
savvyblog@yahoo.com
I remember drinking my first coke out of the glass bottles.
I used to get coke with my happy meals! It was a huge treat!
Being BORN and RAISED in Georgia...
Coke has been a part of my life as long as I can remember... I can not remember a time without it... but I do remember when I was younger, my Nana would keep 2 liter bottles lined up on the floor beside her fridge for when we came over :)
thanks
jumpin.beans09 at gmail.com
I remember getting a coke at the Kystal w/ I would stop and get a burger on my way home from school and a kid and that was a long time ago. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep and hope to win :) Thanks !!!! corrysue@yahoo.com
uncle herb bought me my first coke at a grain elevator he worked at
debbie jackson,
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com
The earliest I can remember was my mom treating me to the drink at our monthly trip to Anthony's Fish Grotto - yum
Coke & peanuts with my dad
rierie11booger (@) yahoo.com
Sitting on the porch drinking Coke with my Grandpa.Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
The Cokes at the corner store were in a Reach-In Electric Coca Cola Cooler - the sodas were ice cold!
Drinking Coke in the backyard while playing on my swing set
My first Coca-Cola was at the country store near my grandmother's house in Tennessee.
My first Coke memory is watching the commercial with Cindy Crawford :)
I remember when I was little occasionally we'd have a super special pizza night (like once every few months). We'd get plain pizzas and Mom would get one bottle of Orange Sunkist, and one of Coke. The only way I could drink the "yucky black drink" was to mix it with my orange so it would become a weird brown. Now I prefer coke to orange, but I still remember mixing drinks with my brothers and sisters (probably to my parents' disgust).
4th grade. 1o cents for the green glass bottles.
i remember drinking it at the beach
I remember being about 10 and my friend and I were talking about the rumor that coca cola can remove rust, so we tested the theory. I don't remember if it worked or not
Nathansmommy619(At)aol(dot)com
When I grew up my brothers liked pepsi and i was the only one who liked coke.
rypm25@aol.com
I remember Coke was a treat if we went to McDonalds or out for pizza!
I remember cherry vanilla coke at the drugstore - we seldom had soda in the house
I can remember my grandma giving me Coke when I was just a preschooler! Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
I remember drinking coke when camping that we kept in an old metal coke cooler.
Growing up in Pennsylvania in the 60's, we were more exposed to Pepsi than Coke. Then, in 1976 we moved to Florida where I "found" Coke --- love it!
I remember when I was very young and my Grandpa would take me "somewhere" and we would get the glass bottles of Coke out of a machine.
mllmogaml at gmx dot com
it was so long ago, i don't remember any of those firsts
When I was 6 our teacher brought some to share in cups and a love affair was born.
gourdsrmylife(at)yahoo(dot)com
I remember buying one at a movie drive-in.I think that was my first one.
Thanks for the giveaway:)
kats7960@gmail.com
I remember I was at my first boyfriends sister house and I had my very first glass of coke, I think I was about 14 years old. I have been drinking it every since and I am now over 50 years old. dwelchert@yahoo.com
My mom never bought soda...but I remember it being a real treat when we went to kid's birthday parties. I called it the brown soda. :)
marymichelotti@gmail.com
I think my first coke was at McDonalds
marypopmom@yahoo.com
When I was just a kid, I would go out with my sister and her boyfriend to a little store. He would buy us cokes. Of course, he was after my sister and I was after the cokes.
My uncle had a gas station with a Coke machine. He would give us a dime to get an ice cold bottle of Coca Cola. Was that good! (and am I old!)
I remember drinking coke with I was a kid.
We always had bottles of coke in the house as long as I can remember but I don't remember my first sip.
When we were sick, mom gave us Coca Cola Syrup and that settled the stomach bug. So it was after that probably in second grade that our family had Coke for a treat at a party.
I remember drinking coke with my dad when he took me to work with him!
I am allergic to milk. When I was younger my aunt had a rule that the children had to have a glass of milk with dinner before having soda. I, however, got to jump righ to the Coca-Cola with my pizza!
I remember drinking a Coke everytime I went to my Grandparents farm and feeding their farm animals and at dinner we would drink a Coke.
ginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com
my Mom would give us Coke syrup when we had a tummy ache
When I was a kid we would get Coke as a special treat on holidays or when we went out somewhere. It wasnt an everyday drink for us like it is now.
I remember being like 10 yrs. old and we had an old country store in our small town. I went in there one day and got a glass bottle of coca-cola. I've been drinking it ever since.
Jamie Brigham
PrettyInPinkWife @ aol dot com
I remember that my mom only bought coke for us on special occasions, like birthday parties.
I remember my Mom giving me a piece of licorice to use as a straw for my Coke. I thought it was so cool.
I remember my grandma buying me an orange coke and I spilled it all over my doll.
I remember making ice cream floats with Coke on hot summer days. :)
I grew up very poor, so my parents never bought Coke for us, but I do remember going somewhere in the car with a family friend and she bought us all a Coke. It was a real treat. :)
As far as I can remember the first coke I had would have been at my Grandmas house. My parents never drank pop but it was a treat at my Grandmas.
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jbmthill
I remember drinking a coke out of a glass bottle when I was three and my grandpa and Dad were finishing up things on our new house!
Thanks,
selinda_mccumbers at yahoo.com
I remember that commercial with Mean Joe Green (football player) getting a Coke from a kid after a game.
I remember what a treat an icy Coke was when drunk from those little glass bottles!
I first remember drinking a coke from a ice cold glass bottle at a gas station, riding with my dad in his truck.
The first time I saw a movie with a girl. Nothing better than her, popcorn, and an ice cold Coke.
tfrink@cox.net
I can remember getting Coke w/chocolate syrup in it at the diner when I was a kid.
mugsymcg46 at yahoo dot com
I remember getting cokes in glass bottles at my grandfather's country store as a kid.
I remember ordering coke and fries as a teenager
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Nathansmommy619(At)aol(Dot)com
I remember getting a small amount of Coke in a glass when I was 6 or 7. It was a special treat.
I remember drinking it when we lived in Germany when my dad was in the Army. He lived on Cola Cola :)
seyma_bennett@hotmail.com
My family tells me that my mom used to dip my pacifiers in Coke!
having a coke at mcdonalds for the very first time...and still loving it!
I think it may have been having slushies (coke and cherry mix). And I still get them this way today :)
Buying a coke out of a vending machine with my dad.
falling in love with the coca cola bears
tuckersaver at hotmail dot com
I drank coke for the first time in 2nd grade!
onecheaplady@yahoo.com
I think my first Coke experience was a Coke Icee from the fountain at KMart. I lived for those days.
I've always preferred Coke. I remember when I was little and in the hospital with Pneumonia the nurse gave me a coke. I loved it. We've always called Coke burp see around here. I don't really know why.
I don't know if I actually remember this or if I think I do because my dad has told the story so much, be he gave me a can of Coca-Cola when I was 3, my first can, I took a sip and then I just chugged half the can and when I came up for air, my eyes where watering :)
My Dad always loved Coke, and it's one of my favorites!
I remember going to a restaurant with my grandparents when I was little. First time I was allowed soda, and it was Coke!
I remember drinking the little bottles of Coke at my Mom's friend's house.
I remember my grandma buying me the little glass bottles
I used to walk up the road from my house to a small garage that had a Coke machine which held the glass bottles.
sflickinger at rocketmail dot com
I don't remember my first experience, but I've always loved it!
Coke was such a treat when I was a kid that we would even drink it if it was flat.
I remember that my brother could distinguish between Coke and Pepsi by the smell and would only drink the Coke!
I don't remember my first coke experience! I loved going to this little diner that served vanilla cokes before coke sold vanilla coke at the store. So good!
The first COKE I remember having was when my Great Uncle offered me and my sisters a coke when we visited him on his farm. We were just small children.
my parents first gave me a coke and i was instantly addicted
Wish I could go to the olympics
Could use a Coca-Cola cooler
I remember sharing one with my mom
I went to Steak n Shake as a young teenager and got a coke in a real glass on a carry out tray that hung on your car window.
I remember it being a treat we could drink on pizza night
I remember my Dad bringing it home for me and my cousin in the bottle!
I remember my first tase of Coke was with my great aunt and I've been hooked ever since.
I remember that my friend and I always had sleepovers and we would drink Coke with everything even breakfast !
I remember always wishing my parents would buy regular coke instead of diet!
countrycookinmama at gmail dot com
My first coke experience was with a coke float. It was supposed to be a root beer float, but my mom knew I hated ( and still hate) root beer, so she asked for a substitute.
I can't remember my first Coke experience, but we'd always have it in the house while I was growing up.
Drinking a glass bottle of Coke at my mom-mom's house!
This is not my first Coke experience (I have no clue when that was), but I used to drink Diet Coke because that is what my parents always bought. One time I was at a friend's house and drank a regular Coke because he didn't have diet, and it was SOOO good. I haven't had a Diet Coke since. ;-)
I can't remember my 1st one.I do remember returning the glass bottles for money.
Actually in our home, we grew up with Pepsi products but I remember seeing red and white Coca-cola signs and bottles and other decor everywhere.
shar(dot)donoho(at)comcast(dot)net
I never had soft drinks growing up so when I was first married my husband ordered a coke, I wondered what it was, but I loved it then and love it to this day.
owen.darlene@gmail.com
I remember drinking coke with I was a kid
Love Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA and The Olympics is beautiful London, UK.
Being a pre-teen and camping with my family, having an ice cold coke. it was yummy!
b dot ringer at hotmail dot com
I remember drinking Coke from those green 6 oz bottles that came in a cardboard carrier. Trying to master the bottle opener was the hard part but worth the struggle!
tnrina|at|gmail|dot|com
I remember getting a Coke at my grandma's house!
ireaddoyou at aol dot com
I remember when Coke came in bottles out of a machine, and you had to use bottle openers to open them :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
theluckyladybug[at]zoho[dot]com
My first Coke experience was drinking it at a restaurant.
My first Coke was at a drug store soda fountain when I was a very small child
My earliest coke memory is drinking from the old glass 16 oz bottles while I watched the muppets
april yedinak
I remember my dad buying me a glass bottle of coke and it was like Christmas to me!
getting to order coke at mcdonalds
msboatgal at aol.com
i remember drinking my first coke at a baseball game
My earliest memory was in grade school and it was getting a glass bottle from a vending machine. I love Coke!
It would have to be at my Grans house and it was a glass bottle.
Not sure about my first Coke experience but I used to hate to drink pop when I was little because I did not like the bubbles in my nose!
I remember sharing a Coke with my two sisters and we would make sure that we measured it out exactly to the drop!
I remember growing up we were allowed a half a bottle of coke a day. We always looked forward to that coke.
It was at the lake with my family. I must have been 5 or 6.
I just remember when I was a kid that my Dad drank Coke but my Mom drank Pepsi. It's funny because I am a Pepsi drinker but my husband only drinks Coke.
I just remember tall glass bottles of Coke!
Miz Vickik
i emember drinking it in summer camp as a treat during special events
madamerkf at aol dot com
We have my 2nd birthday registered on vcr and i was crying for coke :)) to this day, im a coke addict!
my first coke memory,i was 5-6yrs old,at macks ice cream shop,and thats when i fell in love with coke!!!
I used to go horseback riding with my Papaw along the country roads near his home in Tn. We would always stop at this little store and each get a bottle of Coke to share on the ride home. I thought is was so cool since the store still used one of those old cooler style soda machines.
Paula Michele Hafner
Talk about making me feel old I do not remember
I have no idea, I can't remember a time before coke.
morganowl28 at gmail dot com
don't remember how young i was when i had a coke - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
I remember drinking it with my brother while watching after school cartoons when I was about 6.
When I was four, my sister and I split a bottle of Coke at the county fair.
I initially hated carbonated drinks but then I remember having a science project in 3rd grade asking people what they liked better: New Coke or Coca Cola classic. Classic won out, but some people couldn't tell the difference!
actually it was 2 years ago--my friends dared me to drink it--
Drinking a coke with my dad on a hot summer day.
I remember when McDonalds used to have coke floats in special coke glasses!
My first time having Coke ever was when I was little. I took a huge drink and shortly after let out a huge burp, everyone laughed at me LOL
remember having a coke with lunch when I used to walk home for lunch
I remember when I was really small, there was an old coke machine at the barber shop, I used to love to get my hair cut so that I could buy one. That's my first memory.
hd6719@gmail.com
I remember going and getting glass bottle cokes at my uncle gas station with my Grandpa
I tried coke at my grandparents home and like it right away.
I think my earliest memory I can remember is when I bought my first one out of standing bottle dispenser for 25 cents and remembering I could save the bottle to turn in to recycle. Those were some of the coldest cokes I could ever remember.
medictom@gmail.com
My favorite Coke experience, it might be my first, is an icy cold glass bottle Coke with salted peanuts put in on a road trip. Yum, yum!!
10 ounce glass bottles that my mom would buy but we could not have a bottler till we were ten,,,
I remember when i was about 8 my stomach was upset and my mom gave me some coke to sip on. Worked like a charm
I remember walking to the store as a kid and buying a Coke. It was a big deal then.
krazekatlady at gmail dot com
When I was little my uncle owned a drug store and they had a machine that you just pulled the coke bottle out of it...
ltlbit1@hotmail dot com
I remember having a cherry coke with my grandparents at a local pub and getting to put the quarters in the jukebox :) (actually it might have been nickels)!!
ktgonyea at gmail.com
Going to the corner store with my sisters and getting cans for 25cents!
We lived about two miles from a convenience store and I was sent with my older brother to get a bottle of Coke (back then they were glass) and when I got home, I tripped going up the brick stairs to the front door and my brother laughed and checked to make sure I hadn't broken the bottle before making sure I was ok. Brat.
I remember when I was very little maybe 4 or 5 years old, my parents always used to buy coke in the glass bottles, and on Friday when we went to the grocery store we would always bring in our bottles to exchange
I remember drinking an ice cold coke after a softball game.
tara.huff(at)gmail(dot)com
I remember buying coke and looking at the bottom of the glass bottle to see where it was made.
Getting the glass bottle..and then returning it for a deposit.
I remember going fishing with my grandparents and my grandma would always give me a cold coke at dinnertime when I was with them. My parents didn't let me drink soda so it was a huge deal to get a coke for myself everyt night when I stayed with them.
kerrie@mayansfamily.com
I rememeber walking home from school and buying the glass bottle at the party store on the way home.
I had just 1 sip of it as a kid. I was told it was not good for kids.
letessha@yahoo.com
I remember sipping coke at a drugstore counter--a long time ago when that existed.
I remember coke at picnics with potato chips.
yona_@hotmail.com
my grandpa had a coke bottle vending machine in his garage - i remember drinking them when we stopped by
I remember crying when I had to share a can of coke with my siblings.
I remember stopping at a gas station on our way to my grandaddys farm to pick peanuts!
I remember buying a bottle (glass) of Coke to go fishing with my dad.
sarahyurga@yahoo.com
i was around 5 years old.i would have it with an after school snack
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
I remember my mother giving us like 25 cents to go get a coke at the store..that was a long time ago..lol
when i was little we only got coke when we were traveling or on vacation, i loved it and couldn't wait to go to a friends house to get more!
susansmoaks at gmail dot com
I DON'T REMEMBER MY FIRST COKE, ALL I KNOW IS IT IS THE VERY BEST SODA/POP OUT THERE. I WANT A DIET COKE WITH BREAKFAST, WITH MY FAVOITE FOODS/SNACKS, ON A HOT DAY, ANYTIME. YUMMY!
I do know that soda's in my family were a really rare treat since we were pretty poor growing up!
pauline15_01(at)hotmail(dot)com
I am not sure of my first coke but I do remember taking one of those taste tests when they first started doing them and I picked Coke then and now wilcarvic
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I don't know, I remember drinking it a lot
i wish i had a first memory of it, but ive been drinking soda since i could remember!
Not sure of my first taste, but I still like it today.
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
My earliest memory of coke was when I was little - drinking it out of the cool glass bottles...my brother and I loved those!
Coke was the only soda that my parents had when we were growing up. I remember those hot summer days playing outside and the first thing we would grab when we came in was an ice cold coke.
I remember going to my Grandmas house and her giving me drinks of her coke and my mom getting mad and then finally allowing me to drink it.
schueler.jessica@yahoo.com
served in a bottled with straw at a Woolworths
My first time that I remember was as a kid mom gave it to me to settle an upset stomach and it really worked :)
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