Olympic Quotes
399 quotes by 267 authors
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
— Usain Bolt
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
— Usain Bolt
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For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.
— Avery Brundage
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2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world what we're made…
— David Cameron
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I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.
— Jackie Chan
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Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.
— Kurt Angle
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This year I spent two months in Australia, and I did all the training camps in London. It was a really hard winter because I…
— Peter Kauzer
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Being the first Olympic medallist of my country means that I have some obligations and it was a very tough job for me to resume…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity,…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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The water here in Cardiff is much easier than in London, so for us it is more relaxing paddling here. This race is for us…
— Pavol Hochschorner
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I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286 pound Silver Medalist…
— Matt Ghaffari
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I used to have a wild night with three women until 5am., but I am getting older. In the Olympic village here, I will live…
— Alberto Tomba
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When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great…
— Steve Alford
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If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know. Now it's not figure skating. Now it's dancing.
— Evgeni Plushenko
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To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.
— John Mariucci
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I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.
— Marian Dragulescu
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In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25…
— Lavinia Milosovici
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Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel…
— Michael Phelps
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I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion.…
— Petria Thomas
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Hopefully before I'm done, I can be on an Olympic team.
— Kevin Durant
Who Wrote These Olympic Quotes
267 authors contributed a total of 399 Olympic Quotes, led by these top contributors: