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The Olympic games held in Berlin in August 1936 afforded the Nazis a golden opportunity to impress the world with the achievements of the Third Reich, and they made the most of it. ~ William L. Shirer
Olympic Games quotes by William L. Shirer
A lot of the Olympic games just boil down to genetics. Michael Phelps is genetically built to swim better than other people if he trains the same way. You might as well have a competition for who's the tallest, and act like it's anyone's game! ~ Doug Stanhope
Olympic Games quotes by Doug Stanhope
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. ~ Chris Brasher
Olympic Games quotes by Chris Brasher
The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ~ Ai Weiwei
Olympic Games quotes by Ai Weiwei
I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion. ~ David Rudisha
Olympic Games quotes by David Rudisha
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the Games be held in peace, in the true spirit of the Olympic Truce. Athletes of the 80 national Olympic committees, show us that sport unites by overcoming national, political, religious and language barriers. You can show us a world we all long for. ~ Jacques Rogge
Olympic Games quotes by Jacques Rogge
The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time ~ David Coleman
Olympic Games quotes by David Coleman
The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming. ~ Natalie Coughlin
Olympic Games quotes by Natalie Coughlin
I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team. ~ Mark Spitz
Olympic Games quotes by Mark Spitz
It has been said that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is something that an athlete will remember for the rest of their life. It is true. That moment when you walk into the Olympic Stadium as part of the Australian Olympic Team, is a moment that I will never forget. ~ Jeff Fenech
Olympic Games quotes by Jeff Fenech
Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Olympic Games quotes by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at Super Bowls, World Series, and Olympic Games; my books have been on best-seller lists, and my marriage is a long-running success. ~ Tom Brokaw
Olympic Games quotes by Tom Brokaw
Watch the time - it gives you an indication of how fast they are running. ~ Ron Pickering
Olympic Games quotes by Ron Pickering
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself. ~ Eric Shanteau
Olympic Games quotes by Eric Shanteau
Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well. ~ Inge De Bruijn
Olympic Games quotes by Inge De Bruijn
I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right. ~ Marlon Starling
Olympic Games quotes by Marlon Starling
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too ... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated. ~ Epictetus
Olympic Games quotes by Epictetus
Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others bring trinkets to sell to the crowd for gain; and some there are, and not the worst, who seek no other profit than to look at the show and see how and why everything is done; spectators of the life of other people in order to judge and regulate their own. ~ Michel De Montaigne
Olympic Games quotes by Michel De Montaigne
To be here, is a dream come true. A dream is something that you set for yourself, not what other people set for you. When I qualified in Seville I burst into tears. I couldn't believe that I was going to the Olympic Games. ~ Natalie Du Toit
Olympic Games quotes by Natalie Du Toit
I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes. ~ Daley Thompson
Olympic Games quotes by Daley Thompson
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud. (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece) ~ George Michael
Olympic Games quotes by George Michael
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Olympic Games quotes by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world. ~ Ai Weiwei
Olympic Games quotes by Ai Weiwei
Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level. ~ Jose Contreras
Olympic Games quotes by Jose Contreras
Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life. ~ Olivia Newton-John
Olympic Games quotes by Olivia Newton-John
Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere. ~ Olga Korbut
Olympic Games quotes by Olga Korbut
In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games. ~ Kristi Yamaguchi
Olympic Games quotes by Kristi Yamaguchi
As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state. ~ Rick Larsen
Olympic Games quotes by Rick Larsen
My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games. ~ Alberto Juantorena
Olympic Games quotes by Alberto Juantorena
When you're at an Olympic Games watching someone you've known for a long while and he or she has done something, even if it's only coming in the top 50, then you have a monumental night. ~ Steve Bunce
Olympic Games quotes by Steve Bunce
Besides film, I'd like to be the young Regis. That would be great. Going back and forth from L.A. to New York. Doing stuff on food. Doing stuff on kids. Just talking about issues that are relevant. Doing things on the Olympic Games. ~ Apolo Ohno
Olympic Games quotes by Apolo Ohno
There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. ~ Shannon Miller
Olympic Games quotes by Shannon Miller
I am almost 30 so I am approaching this one as if it will be my last Olympic Games. I want to put out 110 percent to make sure that I am up at the top. ~ Asafa Powell
Olympic Games quotes by Asafa Powell
If your Olympic Hero were to use the Worm in the 1996 Olympic Games, it would be so embarassing to all the other atheletes - and our country, mind you- that the USA would have finished behind Guam. ~ Kurt Angle
Olympic Games quotes by Kurt Angle
I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do. ~ Daniel L. Doctoroff
Olympic Games quotes by Daniel L. Doctoroff
My will to live completely overcame my desire to win ~ Alfred Hajos
Olympic Games quotes by Alfred Hajos
Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain. ~ Dominique Moceanu
Olympic Games quotes by Dominique Moceanu
I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost. ~ Malcolm Gladwell
Olympic Games quotes by Malcolm Gladwell
Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission. ~ Richard Attias
Olympic Games quotes by Richard Attias
If we think of life as a kind of Olympic games, some of life's crises are sprints. They require maximum emotional concentration for a short time. Then they are over, and life returns to normal. But other crises are distance events. They ask us to maintain our concentration over a much longer period of time, and that can be a lot harder. ~ Harold S. Kushner
Olympic Games quotes by Harold S. Kushner
I wrote 'Yellow Submarine' for the Beatles. I wrote the screenplay for 'The Games,' about the Olympic Games. I wrote 'Love Story,' both the novel and the screenplay. I wrote 'RPM' for Stanley Kramer. Plus, I wrote two scholarly books and a 400-page translation from the Latin, and I dated June Wilkinson! ~ Erich Segal
Olympic Games quotes by Erich Segal
The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era. ~ Bill Toomey
Olympic Games quotes by Bill Toomey
I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding. ~ Arthur Lydiard
Olympic Games quotes by Arthur Lydiard
The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. ~ Bill Toomey
Olympic Games quotes by Bill Toomey
Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games. ~ Asafa Powell
Olympic Games quotes by Asafa Powell
The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important race. They're each four years, and everybody wants to show their best performance. ~ Tina Maze
Olympic Games quotes by Tina Maze
The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
That's inches away from being millimetre perfect. ~ Ted Lowe
Olympic Games quotes by Ted Lowe
Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most importantly, host cities can use the opportunity to create a positive and lasting legacy, resulting in both tangible and intangible returns to local communities. ~ Eduardo Paes
Olympic Games quotes by Eduardo Paes
And for those of you who watched the last programme, I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's. ~ David Coleman
Olympic Games quotes by David Coleman
A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, made it the Olympic Games ideal adopted at the Antwerp Games in 1920. I never mentioned winning to my players. I mentioned constantly that all I wanted them to do was the best they could. If they're good enough, the score will be to their liking; if they're not, it won't be but that's nothing to hang their head about. Sometimes the other fellow is just better than you are. ~ John Wooden
Olympic Games quotes by John Wooden
Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games. ~ Pele
Olympic Games quotes by Pele
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. ~ Herb Elliott
Olympic Games quotes by Herb Elliott
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming. ~ Clare Balding
Olympic Games quotes by Clare Balding
If you want to understand what a year of life means, ask a student who just flunked his end-of-the-year exams. Or a month of life: speak to a mother who has just given birth to a premature baby and is waiting for him to be taken out of the incubator before she can hold him safe and sound in her arms. Or a week: interview a man who works in a factory or a mine to feed his family. Or a day: ask two people madly in love who are waiting for their next rendezvous. Or an hour: talk to a claustrophobia sufferer stuck in a broken-down elevator. Or a second: look at the expression on the face of a man who has just escaped from a car wreck. Or one-thousandth of a second: ask the athlete who just won the silver medal at the Olympic Games, and not the gold he trained for all his life. Life is magic, Arthur, and I know what I'm saying because since my accident I appreciate the value of every instant. So I beg you, let's make the most of all the seconds that we have left. ~ Marc Levy
Olympic Games quotes by Marc Levy
And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know. ~ Olga Korbut
Olympic Games quotes by Olga Korbut
Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers. ~ Murray Walker
Olympic Games quotes by Murray Walker
I think one of the greatest gigs I played, and we've had many, but to play the opening ceremony at - at the Olympic games in Athens 2004 was pretty special, you know? Because it's such a big deal for the whole world. And the whole world's watching. So that was definitely one of the special ones. ~ Tiesto
Olympic Games quotes by Tiesto
The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness. ~ Lakshmi Mittal
Olympic Games quotes by Lakshmi Mittal
We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite. ~ Murray Walker
Olympic Games quotes by Murray Walker
Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too. ~ Johnny Carson
Olympic Games quotes by Johnny Carson
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier. ~ Sally Pearson
Olympic Games quotes by Sally Pearson
I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished. ~ Apolo Ohno
Olympic Games quotes by Apolo Ohno
I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the Olympic Stadium for an Olympic Games ... So for me that was a surprise and a huge honor in my life to be able to represent Switzerland. ~ Roger Federer
Olympic Games quotes by Roger Federer
And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star. ~ Olga Korbut
Olympic Games quotes by Olga Korbut
There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition. ~ Mary Lou Retton
Olympic Games quotes by Mary Lou Retton
When I was first writing, I was writing mostly about sporting events, which was really what my assignments were. I was working on the Tour de France bike race and the Barcelona Olympic Games, and those songs tend to be very big, very bombastic-type music, which is the type of music that I love to write. ~ John Tesh
Olympic Games quotes by John Tesh
I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. ~ Marian Dragulescu
Olympic Games quotes by Marian Dragulescu
Arguing is the Olympics of talking ~ Stewart Stafford
Olympic Games quotes by Stewart Stafford
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
Why is luge a sport? You dress up like a giant sperm and go sledding really fast. That's hardly athletic. Phallic and sexy, yes. But hardly athletic. ~ Jessica Park
Olympic Games quotes by Jessica Park
At the Olympic Games, it isn't the most beautiful or strongest who are crowned, but those who compete. ~ Aristotle.
Olympic Games quotes by Aristotle.
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. ~ Olga Korbut
Olympic Games quotes by Olga Korbut
It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me. ~ Natalie Du Toit
Olympic Games quotes by Natalie Du Toit
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people. ~ Avery Brundage
Olympic Games quotes by Avery Brundage
He loathed Jimmy Carter, whom he called a "big-toothed cretin." In 1980, when we were still in Kabul, the U.S. announced it would be boycotting the Olympic Games in Moscow. "Wah wah!" Baba exclaimed with disgust. "Brezhnev is massacring Afghans and all that peanut eater can say is I won't come swim in your pool. ~ Khaled Hosseini
Olympic Games quotes by Khaled Hosseini
At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it's not something you have to do when you're preparing for Olympic games or World Cup games - you just do it. You're more inclined to eat healthier because it's better for your muscles. ~ Abby Wambach
Olympic Games quotes by Abby Wambach
It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris, and this race ends when God gives out the medals. ~ Eric Liddell
Olympic Games quotes by Eric Liddell
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship. ~ Sebastian Coe
Olympic Games quotes by Sebastian Coe
If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet. ~ John Ridley
Olympic Games quotes by John Ridley
It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one. ~ Adelina Sotnikova
Olympic Games quotes by Adelina Sotnikova
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. ~ Oscar Pistorius
Olympic Games quotes by Oscar Pistorius
The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike. ~ Dave Beard
Olympic Games quotes by Dave Beard
The Olympic Games is a celebration of discipline. ~ Sunday Adelaja
Olympic Games quotes by Sunday Adelaja
The water here in Cardiff is much easier than in London, so for us it is more relaxing paddling here. This race is for us a continuation of our training, we will compete in only this World cup. We don't want to travel too much before the Olympic Games and we want to focus on the Games. ~ Pavol Hochschorner
Olympic Games quotes by Pavol Hochschorner
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. ~ Gail Devers
Olympic Games quotes by Gail Devers
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls. ~ Richard Attias
Olympic Games quotes by Richard Attias
The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. ~ Avery Brundage
Olympic Games quotes by Avery Brundage
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art. ~ Avery Brundage
Olympic Games quotes by Avery Brundage
The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
There's going to be a real ding dong when the bell goes. ~ David Coleman
Olympic Games quotes by David Coleman
The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere. ~ James Fallows
Olympic Games quotes by James Fallows
I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything. ~ Natalie Du Toit
Olympic Games quotes by Natalie Du Toit
The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth ... celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood. ~ Pierre De Coubertin
Olympic Games quotes by Pierre De Coubertin
Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. "I suppose I should know who Pelops was?"
"He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honor of that."
Hazel sniffed. "How romantic. 'Nice wife you have, Prince Pelops.' 'Thanks. I won her in a chariot race. ~ Rick Riordan
Olympic Games quotes by Rick Riordan
It was not the money that was my main motive; it was the challenge and the thrill where I got my kicks. Armed robbery to me was like a sport. To take on an armored vehicle with two armed security guards - it was like an athlete attending the Olympic Games. ~ Drexel Deal
Olympic Games quotes by Drexel Deal
The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. Do you know who lit the flame? Betty White. ~ Jay Leno
Olympic Games quotes by Jay Leno
Aristotle compiled the first known comprehensive list of all winners of the Olympic Games. Which means that quite probably he was sat in a bar with Plato, muttering 'Go on then, give me any year you like and I'll tell you who won the four-man bobsleigh.' ~ Mark Steel
Olympic Games quotes by Mark Steel
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