Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki

We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.

— Alberto Juantorena

Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs…

— Frank H. T. Rhodes

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals

— Ron Pickering

If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind.…

— Frederick Lenz

While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects…

— Gail Devers

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

— George A. Sheehan

And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

— David Coleman

The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just…

— Frederick Lenz

There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds…

— Dan Pfeiffer

In the game of Frisbee you throw the disk to someone else. The point of Frisbee is perfect communication. The person at the other…

— Frederick Lenz

Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent.

— Frederick Lenz

If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important.

— Tony Romo

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

— Jesse Jackson

Participating in athletics gives all students an opportunity to learn about themselves, to compete, to negotiate with a team and learn skills that are…

— Miguel Cardona