Olympic Games Quotes
114 Olympic Games quotes by 76 unique authors
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I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into…
— Oscar Pistorius
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I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.
— Libby Trickett
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It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised…
— Natalie du Toit
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Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers.
— Murray Walker
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We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.
— Murray Walker
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And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like…
— Olga Korbut
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And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years…
— Olga Korbut
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Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play…
— Unknown Author
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I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in…
— Bonnie Blair
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To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
— Adelina Sotnikova
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The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it…
— Pierre de Coubertin
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My family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.
— Jose Mourinho
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To be here, is a dream come true. A dream is something that you set for yourself, not what other people set for you. When…
— Natalie du Toit
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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
— Pierre de Coubertin
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As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of…
— Evan Davis
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People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something…
— Gail Devers
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It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral…
— Herb Elliott
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I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
— Scott Hamilton
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Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
— Scott Hamilton
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I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.
— Shawn Johnson
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The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
— Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Who Wrote These Olympic Games Quotes
76 authors contributed a total of 114 Olympic Games Quotes, led by these top contributors: