So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really… — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from… — Taufik Hidayat Copy Share Image
I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change… — Hannah Teter Copy Share Image
Never hold your HEAD high with Pride or Ego, remember even the WINNER of a Gold Medal gets his medal only when… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I've been to three Olympics, and they're cool and everything, but I feel like people just aren't grateful for what we have… — Hannah Teter Copy Share Image
MS is so poorly understood. I change day to day, not year to year, so I've no idea how I will be… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
I was glad I did a year abroad, because it helped me as an athlete and as a person. That took me… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
The winners at the Olympics step up, bursting with pride, because everything that they have worked for and all their dedication is… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
“I want to meddle with an Olympic medal made of silver metal. I want to alchemize it into gold, and use a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
What I wear - my pants, my shirt, my shoes, everything - has a lot to do with me being stoked on… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
I got to swim against Olympians who totally dusted me, but I got to swim against Olympians. And I met some pretty… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder.… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
There was something about being in Rio, being around the other Olympic athletes and playing for the U.S. It was the most… — Jack Sock Copy Share Image
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People say, 'why not have the Paralympics and Olympics combined?' I'm like, 'When Usain Bolt was running, I fully appreciate everyone will… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
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In the Olympics we are facing the toughest opponents in the world so that shows that you do have the chance to… — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
If you make it into an Olympic team, you're good; if you make it into an Olympic final, you're great; and if… — Raelene Boyle Copy Share Image
I'm glad to be partnered with Orgullosa because I feel that now that I'm able to win a gold medal at the… — Laurie Hernandez Copy Share Image
I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather… — Sally Pearson Copy Share Image
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The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the… — Will Self Copy Share Image
It's definitely an honour to represent my home country once again in the Commonwealth Games. It is going to be a magical… — Jazmin Carlin Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Bob Mathias was one of those rare individuals with the ability to inspire a nation through his determination and perseverance. He was… — Peter Ueberroth Copy Share Image
When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael… — Tyson Gay Copy Share Image
I was really good at a young age, but every day I had to walk in the house, and walk past my… — RJ Barrett Copy Share Image
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