You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it. — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows. — Olga Korbut Copy Share Image
When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore. — Florence Griffith Joyner Copy Share Image
I've been given this amazing platform as an Olympic athlete, and there are so many people out there who don't feel like… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
Quite simply, my diet has and will always be everything in moderation. People look at Olympic athletes and think they must cut… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
“Describing her as Barbie is actually sort of insulting to Barbie. Barbie, however plastic, has had many brilliant careers as veterinarian, olympic… — Alex Flinn Beastly Copy Share Image
Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a… — Noureddine Morceli Copy Share Image
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the… — Nastia Liukin Copy Share Image
It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest… — Jeff Fenech Copy Share Image
I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of… — Lawrence Jordan 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
I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work,… — Diana Lopez 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
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
“Wicomb?’ ‘Yes, professor?’ ‘Is the heart in a good condition?’ How the hell should I know? It’s been in storage for more… — Amos Van Der Merwe Copy Share Image
“Nobody is ever made happy by winning the lottery, buying a house, getting a promotion or even finding true love. People are… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton said that her childhood dream was to be an Olympic athlete. But she was not athletic enough. She said she… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best. — Shaun White Copy Share Image
Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing. — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
