You can't really rely on a couple of athletes to deliver you medals in five consecutive Olympic Games. It's absolutely unrealistic. You… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have the possibility to see it… — Alberto Tomba Copy Share Image
I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
We want a clean and effective Olympic body where it can help us and Indian sports to grow and we athletes can… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
I came back from the Olympic Games, and straightaway, I'm this role model. So that means I can't mess around with my… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
“To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all… — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many… — Mark Zupan Copy Share Image
I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East… — Edie Campbell Copy Share Image
I can't say I have a lucky charm, but I do wear a 3/4-zip U.S.A. jacket I wear to every event. I… — Max Aaron Copy Share Image
In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly… — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
If someone told me a couple years ago, 'You're going to be deep into show jumping with horses,' I would be like,… — Ivica Zubac Copy Share Image
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
We enter the government essentially in a hotel that is on fire. We're throwing people from the windows into the pool to… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
A dozen swimming events have already been completed in the Olympic competition. I wonder where they got the name 'Speedo.' It doesn't… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from… — Taufik Hidayat Copy Share Image
“I want to meddle with an Olympic medal made of silver metal. I want to alchemize it into gold, and use a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
MS is so poorly understood. I change day to day, not year to year, so I've no idea how I will be… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When you have traveled the world, won Olympic gold, and gone through a very public court battle against your parents all by… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
The two Olympic weightlifting events are the snatch and the clean and jerk. So 90% of the time, you're practicing the snatch… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
I led the world the whole year until the trials. I was in Birmingham, U.K. Broke the meet record, had the meet… — Marquise Goodwin Copy Share Image
When you're at an Olympic Games watching someone you've known for a long while and he or she has done something, even… — Steve Bunce Copy Share Image
When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
There is a lot of scope for improvement but as we enter the home stretch for the Olympic preparations, we know the… — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is… — Adelina Sotnikova Copy Share Image
The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000.… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
“Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability… — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
No matter whether you're an Olympic swimmer or you're someone who doesn't like to swim, your kids should learn this life skill.… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I always thought the Vancouver Olympics would be my last destination, but I'm extending it to Sochi... I want to start anew,… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and… — Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Copy Share Image
I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record,… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
