The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and… — Elvis Stojko Copy Share Image
When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
For me, back in Sydney, it was just being there and going out and beating Alexander Karelin, 13-time world champion and Olympic… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, displacement of… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
I was a hangover of that era where they’d say “Take off that medal! Is that a St. Christopher medal? You’re going… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business climate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney has proven that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
I don't want to play able-body tennis. I don't want to go to the Olympics. I don't want to be out there… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
I started working with Special Olympics when I was 17 years old. I'll never forget the first time I did it: I… — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor.… — Armand Assante Copy Share Image
Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
And what is a gold medal? I'd never really thought about it before Nagano. Now I realize that it's a dream to… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The… — Jonathan Brown Copy Share Image
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to… — Oksana Baiul Copy Share Image
Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new… — Nick Goepper Copy Share Image
We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
Yeah, so my dad was a skater back in his teenage days, and he used to skate pools and bowls and stuff… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as… — Michael Carter-Williams Copy Share Image
If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
The Olympics, you have to remember, is an event onto itself; it's unlike anything else. It's a multisport event, you have people… — Donald Fehr Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Vermont, where he was raised on a dairy farm. He didn't have much money growing up, but… — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image
No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could go on tours, win decent prize money,… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing… — Darren McCarty Copy Share Image
Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders,… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
I have a lot of cousins that I don't know. But I think that happens to any celebrity. I wonder how many… — Claressa Shields Copy Share Image
The Emmy that I lost, and I can't remember his name, I lost to the man who did the Olympics. So, it… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the… — Jeremy Abbott Copy Share Image
Olympic double amputee Oscar Pistorius was arrested and charged with killing his girlfriend today. It looks pretty cut and dried and he… — Rudy Espinoza Copy Share Image
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
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