Olympics Games Quotes

• At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

  Shannon Miller

  Country, Jobs, Blue

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• 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

  Team, Athlete, Opening Ceremony

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• To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

  Sebastian Coe

  Believe, Bronze Medal, Somewhere Else

  Sebastian Coe, Nicholas Mason (1988). “The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends”

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• The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

  Avery Brundage

  Sports, Mean, Games

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• I swam my brains out.

  Mark Spitz

  Brain, Olympics

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

  Chris Brasher

  Athlete, Soul, Olympics

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• Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the 100 metres, fair play for you. That's pretty good. Unless someone's dangling a Mars bar off in the distance.

  Eddie Izzard

  Distance, Winning, Swings

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• The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

  Mitch Gaylord

  Memories, Team, Bronze Medal

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• 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

  Leadership, Sports, Team

  "The Olympic Idea: Discourses and Essays". Book by Carl Diem, 1970.

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• One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Winning, One Day

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• An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.

  Jeff Fenech

  Athlete, Achievement, Honor

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• My only focus was the Olympics because in my sport, that is the ultimate. Everything is geared toward that, and my entire life was geared around getting there and winning gold.

  Cammi Granato

  Sports, Winning, Focus

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• 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.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Fighting, Winning, Aquariums

  1908 Speech to Olympic Games officials, London, 24 Jul.

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• If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Games, World, Olympics

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• Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Mean, Hands, Games

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• The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Athlete, Games, Olympic Spirit

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

  Shaun White

  Sports, World, Olympics

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• 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

  Spiritual, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

  Peggy Fleming

  Leadership, Sports, Running

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

  Jesse Owens

  Hockey, Winning, Advice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Games, Competition

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• For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Athlete, Olympic Spirit, Winter Olympics

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