It was announced Friday that golf and rugby will be added to the Olympic Games in 2016. Though to save time they… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
Anything can happen. Everybody is working to be on that team and to win the Olympic Games. — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country. — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
“The first is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.” — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic… — George Michael Copy Share Image
As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed… — Daniel Cormier Copy Share Image
It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times,… — Caroline Buchanan Copy Share Image
The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It… — Joseph Stowell Copy Share Image
When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, I was highly encouraged to move to Boston to train as a hopeful for… — Hilary Knight 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
Darts should definitely be in the Olympic Games. Can you tell me any difference between archery and darts or shooting and darts?… — Adrian Lewis Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games has been important to our family. My wife was always really into it, she was a gymnast growing up… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of the Olympic Games. The ATP calendar is a bit complex due to the Olympic event. — Dominic Thiem Copy Share Image
Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I… — Pele Copy Share Image
There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody. — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
To organize an Olympic Games is probably the most complex thing on the planet because it has so many moving parts. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
When badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance of my sport internationally. — Rhonda Cator Copy Share Image
I organized this global series of races. The data from those races, along with the tremendous amount of lobbying and meetings with… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
In those years,'80 was the, at the turn of '79/'80 you had the invasion of Afghanistan. It was the period in which… — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“He loathed Jimmy Carter, whom he called a “big-toothed cretin.” In 1980, when we were still in Kabul, the U.S. announced it… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I watched my idol and fellow Dutchman Tiesto. He was the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic event… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s.… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
Just as at the Olympic games it is not the handsomest or strongest men who are crowned with victory but the successful… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Sports authority should hire coaches only on contract basis in athletics and also in other games. The coaches should be told to… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched… — David Rudisha Copy Share Image
A lot of the Olympic games just boil down to genetics. Michael Phelps is genetically built to swim better than other people… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games.… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image