Great Quote by Mary Pilon

The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them…

— James Fallows

Much in the way Olympic athletes optimize their game by paying an enormous - borderline maniacal - amount of attention to things like diet,…

— David Agus

The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

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

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

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

Our seasons aren't like most sports, where the climax comes at the end. With us, the Olympics are much more important than anything else.

— Karch Kiraly

It is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that…

— Ryan Hall

Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.

— Gabby Douglas

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

There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.

— Mary Lou Retton

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