Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. — Bill Bowerman 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
All I've done is run fast. I don't see why people should make much fuss about that. — Fanny Blankers-Koen Copy Share Image
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. — Marian Dragulescu 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
I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
It had been a dream of mine to go to an Olympic Games since I was about seven years old. I didn't… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors? — Homer Copy Share Image
I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how… — Max Aaron Copy Share Image
I am grateful for my time with U.S. Speedskating and U.S.A. Baseball, as well as for all of my teammates, and I… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed… — Daniel Cormier Copy Share Image
The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It… — Joseph Stowell 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
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
Darts should definitely be in the Olympic Games. Can you tell me any difference between archery and darts or shooting and darts?… — Adrian Lewis Copy Share Image
It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games has been important to our family. My wife was always really into it, she was a gymnast growing up… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
We shouldn't forget that in the case of Georgia, a problem was done away with that bothered [Vladimir] Putin personally - that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“So a contemporary wedding is like the Olympic Games, a spectacle of detailed research and preparation but lasts only a short time.… — michael foley Copy Share Image
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us.… — Jacques Rogge Copy Share Image
A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. — David Acfield Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are a global celebration of our hopes, our ideals and our values. — Laurel Hubbard Copy Share Image
My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it. — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
Watch the time - it gives you an indication of how fast they are running. — Ron Pickering Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image