Olympic Quotes
399 quotes by 267 authors
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Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
— Nadia Comaneci
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I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national…
— Olga Korbut
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To win Olympic gold it takes a lot of HARDWORK, a lot of PASSION, a lot of SACRIFICES.
— Gabby Douglas
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This year, 1.7 million young people will be participating in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities-many of them for the very first time. And…
— Michelle Obama
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I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time. And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to…
— Jaden Smith
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There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.
— Shannon Miller
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And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.
— Olga Korbut
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And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things.
— Jaden Smith
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So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going…
— Norm Dicks
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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
— Seth Godin
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Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.
— Patrick Ewing
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A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin,…
— John Wooden
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In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which…
— Pierre de Coubertin
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Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered…
— Kristi Yamaguchi
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If your Olympic Hero were to use the Worm in the 1996 Olympic Games, it would be so embarassing to all the other atheletes -…
— Kurt Angle
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I pinned Kurt Angle two weeks ago in that tag match...so...I think I've proven that I can hang with the Olympic Hero.
— Oscar Gutierrez
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I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have…
— Misty May-Treanor
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Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to compete and win…
— Scott Niedermayer
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Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.
— Archilochus
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Your Olympic Hero is scheduled to wrestle a match against the man they call the big red retard; not that I have anything against retarded…
— Kurt Angle
Who Wrote These Olympic Quotes
267 authors contributed a total of 399 Olympic Quotes, led by these top contributors: