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
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
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. — Herb Brooks 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
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
It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their… — Abhinav Bindra 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
The trial of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has kept me fascinated and shocked in equal measure. But like many women, I was… — Katie Piper 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
Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in,… — Adam Rippon 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
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
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
Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes… — Russell Means 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
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
I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't… — Apolo Ohno 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
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
“Some scholars compare human biochemistry to an air-conditioning system that keeps the temperature constant, come heatwave or snowstorm. Events might momentarily change… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I like storms. Thunder torrential rain, puddles, wet shoes. When the clouds roll in, I get filled with this giddy expectation. Everything… — Penelope Douglas 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
“Wendy taught me to curse, matched my clothing, brushed my hair before school, and let me sleep in bed with her when… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
