There's a short Q&A here with Frank Cottrell Boyce, with some post-Olympic thoughts. One of them:
I think we saw the best of ourselves in that fortnight – on the field of play, in the stands, and especially in the volunteers and games makers.
Political discourse is largely addressed to the worst of us. I'd like to see the best of us – the idealistic, altruistic, connected side of us – taken into account. When it comes to motivation, for instance – for years, we've been told that you need to give massive salaries and bonuses to the "best" people in order to keep them. In the past two weeks, we've seen brilliant work done by people – athletes, coaches, volunteers – who have no notion of financial reward. The best people are attracted to challenges, and driven by loyalty, vision, altruism, fun...
That's a point worth emphasizing: there are other important motives in life than making huge amounts of money. (Via.)