Australia Quote by Tommy Lasorda

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 was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

— Tommy Lasorda

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

— Tina Maze

We don't like to be forced off our own tour, onto foreign soil, to qualify for our Olympic teams. That's ridiculous.

— Karch Kiraly

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today…

— Oscar Robertson

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

— Daley Thompson

The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't…

— Gary Bettman

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 Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was…

— Paula Radcliffe

I think the Australian public would love to see the best Australian team on the park for every game. It's difficult to do that…

— Steve Smith

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

— Gus Kenworthy

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic…

— Richard Attias