There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition. — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games showed how, with the nation united behind it, and the right combination of public and private enterprise, the most… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an athlete, I loved sport and PE in school and always watched the Olympic Games on TV. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
You learn a lot from your first Olympic Games experience. Everyone thinks they're prepared, but you never are. — Caroline Buchanan Copy Share Image
I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish,… — Shani Davis Copy Share Image
“Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. "I suppose I should know who Pelops was?" "He was a… — Rick Riordan 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
Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
Besides film, I'd like to be the young Regis. That would be great. Going back and forth from L.A. to New York.… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
When I was first writing, I was writing mostly about sporting events, which was really what my assignments were. I was working… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important… — Tina Maze Copy Share Image
Rio is going to be my fifth Olympic games - it's been a long journey but a rewarding one, I would say. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
The Port Elizabeth ground is more of a circle than an oval. It's long and square. — Trevor Bailey Copy Share Image
There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are a national cause, and a national cause calls for a nationwide attitude. — Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Copy Share Image
To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
My only focus was the Olympics because in my sport, that is the ultimate. Everything is geared toward that, and my entire… — Cammi Granato Copy Share Image
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest. — Natalie du Toit Copy Share Image
I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie'… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Yellow Submarine' for the Beatles. I wrote the screenplay for 'The Games,' about the Olympic Games. I wrote 'Love Story,'… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, I was highly encouraged to move to Boston to train as a hopeful for… — Hilary Knight Copy Share Image
It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times,… — Caroline Buchanan Copy Share Image
In the spirit of the Olympic Games, they traditionally ask that all fighting and warfare around the world stop. So, there's hope… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
