Olympics Games Quotes

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

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Athlete, Games, Olympic Spirit

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• Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Mean, Hands, Games

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

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  Florence Griffith Joyner

  Motivational, Athlete, Positivity

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• 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.

  John Towner Williams

  Country, Competition, Healthy

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• The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Life, Motivational, Leadership

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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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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Greatness

  "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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• 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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• The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Excellence, Olympic Spirit

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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 from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

  Jesse Owens

  Running, Athlete, Long Ago

  Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

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• I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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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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  The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

  Jesse Owens

  Running, Over You, Victory

  Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

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• 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

  Plato, Mean, Men

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• I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

  Michael Phelps

  Champion, Lasts, Remember

  Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2004.

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• Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

  Eamonn Coghlan

  Running, World, Olympics

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• The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Color, White, Flags

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