Olympian Quotes

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I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and will be a… — Steve Nash
Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire… — Ajay Naidu
Lucidity's task: to attain a correct despair, an Olympian ferocity. — Emile M. Cioran
To insist, even with Olympian assurance, that life appeared quite by chance and evolved in this fashion, is an unfounded supposition which I believe to… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
I am a journalist and, under the modern journalist's code of Olympian objectivity (and total purity of motive), I am absolved of responsibility. We journalists… — P.J. O'Rourke
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial… — Mary Lou Retton
NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they… — Ambrose Bierce
Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of… — Bill Toomey
I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of your life or… — Bryan Clay
Four years ago, I was thinkingâ€¦ no Olympics, who am I? Probably in â€™04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics was who I… — Raj Bhavsar
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have… — Susan Orlean
You're either an Olympian or not in swimming. — Mark Warkentin
My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I… — David Rudisha
THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived the dark with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family. — Bill Toomey
This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776… — Bill Bowerman
The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary to investigate the… — Bill Toomey
My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He… — Kourtney Kardashian
From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits,… — Jimmy Reid
I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be… — Aly Raisman

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