Olympic Quotes

399 quotes by 255 authors

In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made… — Sebastian Coe
My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote half their young… — Sebastian Coe
The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition. — Russell Mark
Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding. — Juan Antonio Samaranch
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports… — Avery Brundage
In fact, at Olympic National Park in my district, they 3 years ago had 130 summer employees they brought in for temporary work. This summer… — Norm Dicks
The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras. — Bill Toomey
All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp. — Johnny Weissmuller
Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement. — Brent Musburger
The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing… — Franz Beckenbauer
My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society,… — Alberto Juantorena
It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal. — Sarah Hughes
I am almost 30 so I am approaching this one as if it will be my last Olympic Games. I want to put out 110… — Asafa Powell
I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games. — Taufik Hidayat
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself. — Eric Shanteau
We are experiencing such large support for the Olympic relay that our advice is to stay in your neighbourhood, stay in your borough and wait… — Boris Johnson
If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright. — Yohan Blake
The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to… — Barbara Mikulski
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models. — David Rudisha
The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that… — Ai Weiwei

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