The special Olympics is about providing competition and recreational opportunities within a programme. And it's not so much about winning or losing.… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest… — Jenny Meadows Copy Share Image
I wasn't expecting two seconds of me on the medal stand to go viral after the Olympics. I came back to my… — McKayla Maroney Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way,… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I've never been to the Olympics, so I don't know what to expect. It's better for me, just like my first Worlds...… — Simone Biles Copy Share Image
The Vancouver Olympics was the first competition where I completed the short and free programs without any mistakes, and that in itself… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge… — McKayla Maroney Copy Share Image
Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting.… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into… — Arthur Smith 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
I declare the 20th Winter Games closed. I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in… — Jacques Rogge Copy Share Image
All what I aimed for, except the Olympic medal, I achieved. That's why I want to start the Usha School of Athletics.… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
I could take away all the gold medals and everything, that was the biggest thing that sport has given me. Belonging into… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics.… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as… — Inge de Bruijn Copy Share Image
Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to… — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
DJ Tiesto was my first inspiration. I heard him play at the Olympics in 2004 and from that moment on I knew… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be… — Chris Klein Copy Share Image
Olympic organizers are reportedly struggling to fill rows and rows of empty seats. Empty seats! In fact, yesterday officials put out a… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which… — Dan Gable Copy Share Image
It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of… — Carly Patterson Copy Share Image
Nothing against the Olympics. I played in 2012 and it was an incredible experience. It's different for tennis players than for swimmers… — John Isner Copy Share Image
That's what we love to do and I think our skating's at it's best when we do that: when we draw people… — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The SheBelieves was my big moment, my big breakthrough. We had to get on that platform, hold that trophy, and have that… — Phil Neville Copy Share Image
Obviously, the competition at an Olympics, the emotions are running high, and the stakes are higher for these athletes, so it does… — Tara Lipinski Copy Share Image
I'd do anything with the U.S.A. team in the Olympics from being the head coach, which probably isn't going to happen, to… — Tom Izzo Copy Share Image
When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived… — Laurie Hernandez Copy Share Image
There is a popular fallacy that falling down is the mark of a poor skater. But the truth is that when one… — Dick Button Copy Share Image
I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
“Skating was a gift given to me, and it's a sport I love. I go out there every single day and there… — Apolo Anton Ohno Copy Share Image
I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I… — Pele Copy Share Image
When I was on the ice, I felt like a free man. With flying, it's the same thing. When I'm flying by… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing… — Alicia Sacramone Copy Share Image
I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and the weather we expected meant that I spent several weeks using a heat… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
The 1982 Asian Games champion M.D. Valsamma's coach gave a statement in the media that if Valsamma had some 15 days training… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and… — Sonny Bill Williams Copy Share Image
And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
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