Olympic games Quote by Ian Thorpe Download Open image “I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.” — Ian Thorpe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Olympic games
But post my victory in Beijing, I actually wanted to quit sport and move on to something else in life. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
I wanted to make it clear I wouldn't play in the 2020 season and the Olympics, but don't think it's the right time to… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
Once I retired from skating, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have the chance to come back to the Olympics. — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
I informed the team three years before the Olympics that I was retiring from indoor. It's not as if I left six months before… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I… — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to do another… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make better choices, and for me, this is kind of a rebirth. If I make the Olympic team? Great. If not,… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy. — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
I'm not worried about the pressure that comes with it, a little concerned, but not worried, — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics.… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
Training in that cold pool of a morning really tests you, whether you really want to do it or not, — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games. — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting… — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
Don't ever in your life do a World Cup and the Olympic Games at the same time. This will make your life almost impossible. — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and… — Kygo Copy Share Image
The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've been picked… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
“Folks like poor Misty Marie, they're limited, borderline dummies, but nothing enough to get a handicapped parking space. Or get any kind of Special… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it. — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time — David Coleman Copy Share Image
