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Olympics Quotes & Sayings

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Talk with your feet. Play with your heart. — Derrick Adkins

It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics. — Ian Millar

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. — Mary Lou Retton

America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan - Go for the Gold. — Bob Hope

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana. — Steve Alford

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship. — Dan Gable

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away. — Dick Ebersol

You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over. — Lindsey Vonn

If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics. — Sunday Adelaja

The Olympics brought a lot of development to Beijing, but I don't see that there have been any changes to human rights as a result of the Olympics. — Rebecca MacKinnon

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics. — Shaun White

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt. — Lindsey Vonn

The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person. — Shaun White

I am the Olympics. — Dave Eggers

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show. — Laurie Anderson

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. — David Letterman

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. — Joe Sakic

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. — Shawn Johnson

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people. — Graeme Murphy

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never. — Malcolm Gladwell

The six colours, including the white background, represent the colours of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem. — Pierre De Coubertin

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome. — Patrick Chan

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics. — Brian Boitano

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past. — Ted Ligety

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ. — Aly Raisman

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. — Richard M. Nixon

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut. — Kristi Yamaguchi

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ. — Muhammad Ali

Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics. — Mikaela Shiffrin

I didn't think I'd be going for another Olympics. — Misty May-Treanor

If [American Idol] was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race. — Kimberley Locke

I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.' — Jade Jones

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about. — Bela Karolyi

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy. — Craig Ferguson

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

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event. — Kim Yuna

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. — Jesse Owens

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world. — Andy Murray

The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting. — Scott Hamilton

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me. — Blanka Vlasic

My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend - big mistake. Now I'm single, so London should be really good. I'm excited. — Ryan Lochte

I bowled a 129. It's like- It was like the Special Olympics. — Barack Obama

I hadn't watched any of the Olympics, apart from the evening we arrived in St Petersburg. I figured why watch it, I'm doing it. — Mel Cormican

I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics. — Im Dong-Hyun

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic. — Kimberly Elise

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics. — Kim Smith

The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism. — Caitlyn Jenner

Our life is like a race and soon we are going to reach the ribbon ... You should race so well that your race flashbacks every Olympics — Zainab Asif

I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams coming to the 2012 London Olympics. — Mary Kom

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything. — Tonya Harding

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics. — Joe Sakic

When it comes to desiring, we are all experts. If there were an Olympics of desiring, we would all make the team. — William Braxton Irvine

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television. — Shania Twain

What if winning the gold medal at the Olympics wasn't the end?
What if ... it was only the beginning? — Amanda Dubin

I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. — Natalie Du Toit

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. — Sally Ride

Work diligently. Work hard. Focus. Perform as if you are at the Olympics. One day, unexpectedly, it will start paying off. — Joan Marques

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. — Jesse Owens

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued. — Eric Heiden

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen. — Sergei Bubka

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done. — Lolo Jones

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it. — Dorothy Hamill

I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while. — Lindsey Vonn

One spirit, one team, one win — Derrick Adkins

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey. — Danielle De Niese

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book. — Gabby Douglas

I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics. — Yahoo Serious

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics. — George Pataki

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium. — Jeremy Abbott

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational)
I swam my brains out. — Mark Spitz

Officials at the London Olympics will be conducting 5,000 tests for steroids. Or as Lance Armstrong calls that, 'a Monday.' — Jimmy Fallon

The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world. — Cathy Freeman

I know there's life after the Olympics. — Eric Shanteau

There are tons of great names who have gotten fourth at their first Olympics, and they just kept with it for the next quad. I'm among good company. — Gracie Gold

There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics. — Bryan Volpenhein

Just being there at the Olympics, you kind of just take in every single moment. — McKayla Maroney

The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to. — Louis Bacon

The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash. — David Letterman

(Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record)
I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m. — Noureddine Morceli

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! — Tom Daley

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, — Barack Obama

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive. — Bryan Greenberg

I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know. — Sugar Ray Leonard

It's my first Olympics, I'm very young. It's incredible. — Ted Ligety

I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. — Vanessa Mae

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.' — Eliezer Yudkowsky

McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer. — Robert Downey Jr.

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics. — Valeria Golino

I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that. — Taylor Phinney

I think girls hate each other, no doesn't always mean no, you have to lie to stay married, women's sports are boring and the Olympics are gay. — Bill Maher

Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. — Marvin Olasky

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas

Yeah, because off the ice the only language Stephanie speaks is fluent Bitch. — Jennifer Comeaux

Mitt Romney had a horse competing in the Olympics. He didn't win. But next year, he'll be competing in 'Dancing with the Stars.' — David Letterman

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be. — Ryan Lochte

Someone 'big' will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it. — Ato Boldon

In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.' — Ashley Wagner

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

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that. — Jeev Milkha Singh

Olympics is everyone's dream. — Gagan Narang