Olympic Quotes

399 quotes by 255 authors

If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the rim, have the… — Andrea Bocelli
I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open. — Shani Davis
I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish, but to carry… — Shani Davis
Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family. — Bill Toomey
Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working… — Jahangir Khan
When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it. — Dara Torres
It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides — Ed Ayres
Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors? — Homer
The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family. — Bill Toomey
I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists. — Taylor Phinney
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't… — Sally Pearson
The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. — Tina Maze
I had female role models to look up to starting in middle school, athletes like Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm who made me realize that… — Jennie Finch
For softball, we need the Olympics. For young girls dreaming of that Olympic dream, that's where it's at, and that's where it all started in… — Jennie Finch
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it. — Kerri Walsh
The games haven't even started yet and already there are people complaining about the horrible accommodations at the Sochi Olympic village. Toilets don't flush. The… — Jay Leno
One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this… — Brad Alan Lewis
You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me. — Kurt Angle
Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to… — Michel de Montaigne
We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a… — Bill Toomey

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