I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best. — Shaun White Copy Share Image
Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing. — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it. — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows. — Olga Korbut Copy Share Image
I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would… — Dick Fosbury Copy Share Image
I had female role models to look up to starting in middle school, athletes like Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm who made… — Jennie Finch Copy Share Image
I've been given this amazing platform as an Olympic athlete, and there are so many people out there who don't feel like… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
When Armageddon comes, it would be good to be an Olympic athlete, because running real fast and jumping over stuff could come… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Quite simply, my diet has and will always be everything in moderation. People look at Olympic athletes and think they must cut… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
“Describing her as Barbie is actually sort of insulting to Barbie. Barbie, however plastic, has had many brilliant careers as veterinarian, olympic… — Alex Flinn Beastly Copy Share Image
Much in the way Olympic athletes optimize their game by paying an enormous - borderline maniacal - amount of attention to things… — David Agus Copy Share Image
You can fight based on a strong mind, based on developing your muscles and reflexes, training your motor functions and going back… — Bruce Frantzis Copy Share Image
The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the… — Nastia Liukin Copy Share Image
It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest… — Jeff Fenech Copy Share Image
I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of… — Lawrence Jordan Copy Share Image
For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
“Wendy taught me to curse, matched my clothing, brushed my hair before school, and let me sleep in bed with her when… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“Wicomb?’ ‘Yes, professor?’ ‘Is the heart in a good condition?’ How the hell should I know? It’s been in storage for more… — Amos Van Der Merwe Copy Share Image
“I like storms. Thunder torrential rain, puddles, wet shoes. When the clouds roll in, I get filled with this giddy expectation. Everything… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“Nobody is ever made happy by winning the lottery, buying a house, getting a promotion or even finding true love. People are… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Some scholars compare human biochemistry to an air-conditioning system that keeps the temperature constant, come heatwave or snowstorm. Events might momentarily change… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore. — Florence Griffith Joyner Copy Share Image
