The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won… — Bo Jackson Copy Share Image
My lifelong dream was to be an Olympian and a gold medalist - and I got it at 26. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. 'By getting up every time I fell down,' he answered. — David Seabury Copy Share Image
At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one. — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
I used to be so excited for the Olympics, I would track the medal counts and everything else. — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
“Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.” — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium. — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
Watching Nyree Lewis get her medal in the 100 backstroke inspired me to want to go to a Paralympics and it just… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see… — Dale Murphy Copy Share Image
That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
There was something about being in Rio, being around the other Olympic athletes and playing for the U.S. It was the most… — Jack Sock 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
The winners at the Olympics step up, bursting with pride, because everything that they have worked for and all their dedication is… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
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.… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
I got to swim against Olympians who totally dusted me, but I got to swim against Olympians. And I met some pretty… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
What I wear - my pants, my shirt, my shoes, everything - has a lot to do with me being stoked on… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
“During the Olympics, the phrase “Own the Podium” had been a source of national debate and division. Since the Olympics, it has… — Ken Dryden Copy Share Image
Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio,… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I… — Lindsey Vonn Copy Share Image
The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments… — Adrian Mitchell Copy Share Image
There really hasn't been a name that is in the media on a daily basis, and that's what skating in the '90s… — Tara Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against… — Vera Wang 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
Everyone who has been to an Olympics says expect the unexpected. That kind of psychology games does go on, so I'm kind… — Libby Trickett Copy Share Image
