Olympics Quotes

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

I swam my brains out.

....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.

There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

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

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

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

I have been here before in my head. To everyone else, it is my first Olympics. To me, it's my thousandth.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

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

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics – I just got bronze.

I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics.

The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country that have been maimed and killed by way of hangings.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

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

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.

I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this.

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

Everyone said, 'Yeah, you can do it, you can qualify.' But it wasn't something that I actually believed I could do. Even now, I definitely understand and know I'm going to the Olympics, but I don't think it will fully sink in until I'm actually there and experiencing it.

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.

People always step up and do things out of the ordinary at the Olympics.

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.

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 Olympics are coming up.

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

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

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

Criticizing reporters is like boo-ing at the Special Olympics.

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

The Olympics show that your dream can come true if you work hard. It's not impossible.

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

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

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will

And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.