Athlete Quote by Dave Beard

Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the…

— Jacques Rogge

I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about the athletes…

— Kristin Armstrong

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

— Eddie the Eagle

These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways and the fans can be considered parishioners.

— Michael Strahan

If you look at the Olympic Games as a whole, if we would say we didn't want to interject politics into the games, then…

— John Carlos

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious…

— Mary Pilon

“The Olympic Games is a celebration of discipline.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions…

— Bill Toomey

If the world's nations can set aside their petty bickering over religion, politics, and territory, certainly I can 'get that Olympic Spirit' and rise…

— Colson Whitehead

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship…

— Andrew Young

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're…

— Tina Maze

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

— W. Kamau Bell