Olympics Quotes
437 Olympics quotes by 286 unique authors
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Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.
— Lolo Jones
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I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the…
— Nader al-Masri
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But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to…
— Billy Joe Saunders
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You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.
— Dick Ebersol
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The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even…
— Dick Ebersol
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Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main…
— Kohei Uchimura
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I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive…
— Kohei Uchimura
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The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's…
— Mariel Zagunis
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I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics.
— Li Ka-shing
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I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
— Paula Radcliffe
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The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?
— Paula Radcliffe
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What a great opportunity to come to my fifth Olympics, be flag bearer and also be a returning medalist so I have a platform to…
— Chris Witty
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The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.
— Jean Drapeau
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If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general,…
— Tony Hawk
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You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a…
— Paul Stanley
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Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth…
— Gagan Narang
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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
— Cathy Freeman
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The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.
— Sasha Cohen
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Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
— Gail Devers
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I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first…
— Allyson Felix
Who Wrote These Olympics Quotes
286 authors contributed a total of 437 Olympics Quotes, led by these top contributors: