Humor-inspirational Quote by Dave Eggers

“The Olympic Games is a celebration of discipline.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.”

— Steve Backley

“it seem like he was training for the Olympics and I was the gold medal. No one had ever acted like I was the…

— Anna Quindlen

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

I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics. Olympics for…

— Jackie Chan

“If there were an Olympics for kidding yourself, I’d take home the gold.”

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

“The Olympics.  He knew well the allure of the Games having been there three times.  Wanting that gold medal was like a drug”

— Eleanor Webb

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

— Shawn Johnson

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual…

— Shaun White

“If reading counted as a sport, I'd be a gold medalist.”

— Deb Caletti

“Most of the time, I feel like Phelps. At least when I’m not winning Olympic gold medals, which is an all the time thing…

— Jarod Kintz

I want to be recognised as exemplifying the Olympic spirit - one of the last true Olympians.

— Eddie the Eagle