Athlete Quote by Ed Ayres

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

— Mark Twain

The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over…

— Cathy Freeman

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

— Avery Brundage

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.

— Mary Lou Retton

The Olympics are great. For two weeks we become absolutely fascinated in these people we've never heard of before and will never think of…

— Amy Argetsinger

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

I think every athlete that’s just out here for the Olympics just does something to inspire those around them and inspire each other.

— Oscar Pistorius

The Olympics is where you see out of this world performances, isn't it?

— Mark Cavendish

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

In the history of sport in general, people stick around. Look at Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn just continue on, Olympic cycle after Olympic…

— Mirai Nagasu

There is always that one person in gym class who thinks they're in the Olympics.

— Anonymous

I fell in love with athletics watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics, aged seven. I thought: 'These people aren't human, they're immortal.'

— Denise Lewis