Olympics Quotes

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts. (Pierre de Coubertin)
Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics. View quote
Bill Toomey
And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary. View quote
Graeme Murphy
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. View quote
Marvin Olasky
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. View quote
John Williams
McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer. View quote
Robert Downey Jr.
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. View quote
Ma Jian
After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job. View quote
Jesse Owens
The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads - in the end - to the best within us. View quote
Jesse Owens
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago... the only victory that counts is the one over yourself. View quote
Jesse Owens
I've been practicing. I bowled a 129, It was like special olympics or something. (Barack Obama)
The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby. View quote
Jean Drapeau
When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it. View quote
Mark Spitz
I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. View quote
Mark Spitz
Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching. View quote
Mark Spitz
My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will. View quote
Mark Spitz
I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top. View quote
Hermann Maier
China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain. View quote
Liu Xiaobo
It was pretty extensive - we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don't need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift. View quote
David Carradine
When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled. View quote
Alicia Sacramone
My father-in-law and I always had great interest in Indian sport. At the Athens Olympics, watching the wrestling event, we started discussing the state of Indian sport - inadequate representation, lack of satisfactory results etc. We thought we should do something about it. (Amit Bhatia)
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional. View quote
Billy Joe Saunders
After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful. View quote
Brandi Chastain
I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics. View quote
Brian Boitano
As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is wrong that the IOC refuses to have a minute's silence for Israeli athletes that were slaughtered in Munich. View quote
Brian Williams