For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable. — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
Those Olympic lifters - how can you call someone the strongest man if he can't walk over to a car and pick… — Brian Shaw Copy Share Image
I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa… — Angel Di Maria Copy Share Image
It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders. — Jaycie Phelps Copy Share Image
Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision. — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
To be able to make the Olympic team was a surreal feeling, knowing where I started. — Jerami Grant Copy Share Image
I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
I've played in many different environments and at the highest level at an Olympic Games. — Stephanie Labbe Copy Share Image
The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see too many Olympic gold… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
I remember watching the 1992 Barcelona Games on TV, and I watched Limba Ram shoot. That was my first exposure to the… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
You don't want to play in League One and League Two pitches - you want to play on a massive pitch in… — Jose Fonte 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 know everyone has Olympic dreams, but if you really think about it, you just don't want to go to the Olympics.… — Sam Mikulak Copy Share Image
No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs. — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
My only real claim to fame is that I was southern England show-jumping champion in 1966. The day after my father died,… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year. — Tom Daley Copy Share Image
“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.” — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
An Olympic medal in athletics is still a dream for India. Milkha Singh is the torchbearer for young athletes to achieve that… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
