Code Quote by Abhinav Bindra

I think we should follow the Olympic charter and the guidelines as the whole world is following it.

— Abhinav Bindra

No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or…

— George Packer

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic…

— Richard Attias

The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and…

— Jill Lepore

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious…

— Mary Pilon

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

— Lauren Gibbs

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

— Sergei Bubka

The most important thing about Olympics, of course, is the games and not the opening ceremony. It's weird the way it gets inverted sometimes.

— Danny Boyle

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

— W. Kamau Bell

When you start taking the original sports away from the Olympics, you really change what the Olympic Games are.

— Cael Sanderson

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship…

— Andrew Young

I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the…

— Johnny Weir