Olympics Quotes

Malaysia didn't end up winning any gold medals at the Rio Olympics, but had set new records and brought the nation closer, so keep going.

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

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

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

The Geiger-counter of Olympomania is going to go zoink off the scale.

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.

Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

I have to stop watching the Olympics. It just reminds me that I forgot to try really hard at something.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea. It is a commitment to sport.

The Queen of England jumped out of a helicopter and parachuted into the stadium. What was even more amazing was when Prince Charles flew in using his ears as a hang glider.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

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.

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.

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.

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.

Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost.

I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'

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

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.

My will to live completely overcame my desire to win

It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze.

Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'

It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.

I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m.

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 don't want to do anything like that.

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

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.

Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become champions.

You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

If obstacles are large, jump higher.

Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.

Act like a champion, and then become one.

It is action that creates motivation.

If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.

Do you want to know what one of the secrets to achieving all of your goals is? You’ve got to be committed.

The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.

Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.

It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.