Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gold at the… — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
It took Dan Jansen, the speed skater, four Olympics to win a medal-a gold one at that!-but he never gave up. I… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited. — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
Bolt put the Mobot on the map, to be honest with you! He's just an amazing guy. — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Sometimes I Rollerblade to work, but it's most lovely in the park, and it's really quite safe there. I do it quite… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I just enjoy calculating, and it's an instrument I know how to play. It's almost an athletic performance, in a way. I… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The games haven't even started yet and already there are people complaining about the horrible accommodations at the Sochi Olympic village. Toilets… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding. — Juan Antonio Samaranch Copy Share Image
If you were watching the Olympics, you absolutely saw a 'Voice' ad. You could not escape that 'The Voice' was on, so… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my… — Sasha Cohen Copy Share Image
I started skating at age 2 on roller skates on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up. By age 4,… — Shani Davis Copy Share Image
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright.… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the… — Silken Laumann Copy Share Image
Obviously the policies put forward by the IOC and other organizations are evolving and perhaps they may change after I have competed.… — Laurel Hubbard Copy Share Image
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Heath knew me when I was a gangly little girl with bloody kneecaps and prairie grass in my hair. He'd seen me… — Layne Fargo Copy Share Image
A slam dunk or a breakdance move is limited by what the physical body can do. Now, a skateboard is limitless by… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
The luge is the only Olympic event where you could have people competing in it against their will, and it would look… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked. — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Holmstrom has broken an Olympic record by being cross checked 46 times in one game! — Harry Neale Copy Share Image
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that's a big… — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating. — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
“I managed to beat Michael Phelps’ 400 meter IM time. And not only did I beat his time, but I did it… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
It would be nice to do a winter and a summer Olympics in the same cycle. — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved. — Michael Chang Copy Share Image
I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight. — Mackenzie Foy Copy Share Image
I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another. — Caitlyn Jenner Copy Share Image
I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! — Tom Daley Copy Share Image
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“Work diligently. Work hard. Focus. Perform as if you are at the Olympics. One day, unexpectedly, it will start paying off.” — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
I have a goal in front of me and that is to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics in air rifle… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
We used to go and skating every other weekend. Me and you haning out, best friends no doubt, girl we had so… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
