Olympic Quotes
The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood.
Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.
And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.
And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.
I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.
I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.
It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.
I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions.
You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.
The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.
Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.
Act like a champion, and then become one.
It is action that creates motivation.
If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.
Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.
The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.
Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.
It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.
It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum.
Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.
The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.
Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.
You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them.
If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.
See it first in your mind, then become it.
Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today.
When you think a positive thought, you become positive.
For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.
To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.
The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.