Olympic Quotes

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

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

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful.

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.

My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding.

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.

I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic Stadium is packed full of people waving British flags.

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.

The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But each to his or her own taste.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.