Athlete Quote by Kristin Armstrong

I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the…

— Johnny Weir

It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the…

— Richard Gere

The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, displacement of communities to…

— Terre Thaemlitz

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.

— Avery Brundage

Big moments like the Olympics tend to freeze things in place. It's just very hard to break through the news cycle with peoples's eyes…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves,…

— Gus Kenworthy

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

— Tina Maze

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

Every Olympics, they make a big deal out of something - security... traffic... pollution... something - and it really doesn't come true. For me,…

— Jim Boeheim

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

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

— Jackie Chan