Olympic games Quotes

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

— Herb Brooks

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

— Pierre de Coubertin

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

— Carl Lewis

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.

— Dominic Thiem

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

— John Motson

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.

— Remco Evenepoel

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

— David Coleman

I don't think revenge is enough to fuel the fire it takes to go to an Olympic Games and be successful.

— Scott Moir

Don't ever in your life do a World Cup and the Olympic Games at the same time. This will make your life…

— Eduardo Paes

As a British fashion designer, it is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be creative director of Team GB as the hosting nation…

— Stella McCartney

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

— Libby Trickett

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

Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the…

— Clare Balding

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

— Eric Shanteau

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

— Dayron Robles

We had a whole bunch of perks after the Olympic games like having dinner with the Queen of England and being hosted…

— Scott Moir

To work on the competition wear for the Olympics is kind of insane. As a fashion designer, you don't think to yourself,…

— Stella McCartney

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing…

— Anonymous

If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence,…

— John Ridley

In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all…

— Pierre de Coubertin

People enjoy watching sports at the weekend and watching motor racing and whatever sports, and Formula One is the number one global…

— Toto Wolff

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that…

— Evan Davis

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

If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the…

— Andrea Bocelli

If you look at the Olympic Games as a whole, if we would say we didn't want to interject politics into the…

— John Carlos

Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever…

— John Carlos

“I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common…

— George Orwell

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences.…

— Epictetus

Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity.…

— Kathrine Switzer

“You would fain be victor at the Olympic Games, you say. Yes, but weigh the conditions, weigh the consequences; then and then…

— Epictetus

My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in…

— Allyson Felix

“If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to…

— Stephen Hawking

“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself and in no instance bypass the discriminations of…

— Epictetus (From Manual 51

Next stop, London!! So excited for the Olympic Games, they're finally here!

— Rebecca Soni

The Port Elizabeth ground is more of a circle than an oval. It's long and square.

— Trevor Bailey

I will never forget the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

— Oleksandr Usyk

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

— Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.

— Avery Brundage

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

— Yohan Blake