Skiing with friends in Reberty, France, after the Winter Olympics in 2010, was an amazing trip. I was at my happiest surrounded… — Greg Rutherford Copy Share Image
Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of your career. Everything is amplified, and you feel so proud to represent your country.… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
I'm very impressed. All the crowds I've seen are very enthusiastic. It's not the first time every seat hasn't been sold at… — Dick Pound Copy Share Image
And it wasn't so much the medal, it was stepping out of the ramp during the Opening Ceremony. Man, I took a… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
It's always great to perform, make the podium, and yeah, gold, silver, and bronze, will also encourage other nations, Asia, America to… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
Skateboarding has nothing to do with competition or sport. It has to do with trying to stay as immature as you can… — Lance Mountain Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you design a logo to be timeless, but with something like the Olympics, timelessness is maybe not something… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
For an athlete myself, it is especially meaningful for our country to host an Olympics. Every athlete hopes to participate in an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics,… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it… — Billy Joe Saunders Copy Share Image
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
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I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here.… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
If I had to pick one exact moment when we were live on air and something very, very special happened it was… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
The inclusion of slope style in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air.… — Nick Goepper Copy Share Image
Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that… — Carli Lloyd Copy Share Image
I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will… — Alexis Arguello Copy Share Image
A dozen swimming events have already been completed in the Olympic competition. I wonder where they got the name 'Speedo.' It doesn't… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I'm not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
I was asked to perform at the Olympics Opening Ceremony. But I was up a tree in Borneo filming a documentary about… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying,… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter… — Vanessa Mae Copy Share Image
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
You have 15-20 years of work for that one throw, that one moment. And I was like, 'Okay, Lord, this is it… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole… — Luke Campbell Copy Share Image
Playing for Australia, if they told me at 36 or 37 or whatever I'm going to be, that I can go to… — Joe Ingles Copy Share Image
There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see… — Dale Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to snowboard for other people anymore. That just kind of comes with age and growing up. That's helped me… — Kelly Clark Copy Share Image
I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my… — Kygo Copy Share Image
I frowned at the list. “So… I’ll go back and tell the Traynors that I’m going to get their suicidal quadriplegic son… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
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