Olympics Quotes

The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.

Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.

I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics.

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't put a price on two bronze medals in cycling.

Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.

The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it.

The night before the Olympics opening ceremony, my son, who is eight years old, gets very excited and likes to put out a plate of cookies and some milk for Bob Costas.

The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country that have been maimed and killed by way of hangings.

Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

The inclusion of slopestyle in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.

Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.

That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.

It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.

After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

The Olympics are only once every four years so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.

It took Dan Jansen, the speed skater, four Olympics to win a medal-a gold one at that!-but he never gave up. I won't, either.

I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this.

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a tour without having prepped for it would be suicide, literally.

Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it.

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!

People always step up and do things out of the ordinary at the Olympics.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

In the spirit of the Olympic Games, they traditionally ask that all fighting and warfare around the world stop. So, there's hope for a ceasefire within the Jackson family.

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

I'm really happy that it's in Russia. I've had a lot of success here. I had my first world championships here when I was younger so I am happy to do the Olympics here. I am really enjoying myself.

An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.

The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.

Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.

The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right.