Olympics Quotes - Page 13

• The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

  Brian Boitano

  Sports, Remember You, Remembers You

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

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• The Olympics show that your dream can come true if you work hard. It's not impossible.

  Jencarlos Canela

  Dream, Hard Work, Impossible

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• I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!

  Tom Daley

  Years, Normal, Celebrate

  "Tom Daley's mum is VERY cool - she's paying for him to get a tattoo" by Issy Sampson, www.mirror.co.uk. May 23, 2012.

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• People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

  Jessica Ennis

  Sports, Athlete, People

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

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• Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics.

  Jessica Ennis

  Home, Athlete, Unique

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

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• 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.

  Missy Franklin

  Stress, Thinking, Trials

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• When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.

  Roger Federer

  Thinking, Careers, Events

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• Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.

  Michael Chang

  Want, Made, China

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• I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.

  Ryan Giggs

  Football, Waiting, Different

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• But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

  Ryan Hall

  Nice, Race, Way

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• You dream about the Olympics for so long and you have that one day, then it's over, and when you don't run well there is this huge letdown. It took me years to deal with that. I feel like I almost had to cleanse myself of that experience.

  Ryan Hall

  Running, Dream, Years

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• The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

  Ma Jian

  World, Confirmation, Beijing

  "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

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• One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.

  Lydia Ko

  Country, Player, Goal

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• To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.

  Vanessa Mae

  Guy, World, Championship

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• I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

  Lauren Potter

  Independent, People, Community

  "On World Down Syndrome Day, Speaking Out on How Bullying Hurts and Kills Dreams" by Lauren Potter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2012.

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• When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.

  Diana Lopez

  Volleyball, Player, People

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• I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Running, Past, Two

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Believe, Games, Titles

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• He's a family man and a businessman. He spent his career building successful companies. Then, he saved the 2002 Olympics and brought pride to our nation. As governor, he balanced the budget, cut taxes, and created jobs. The president America needs is Mitt Romney!

  Reince Priebus

  Jobs, Pride, Cutting

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• I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

  Wendell Pierce

  Two, Track, Guy

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• If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.

  Aly Raisman

  Team, Usa, Age

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• I'd like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair.

  Melanie Roach

  Children, Decision, Mind

  "Gold medal moms prepare to storm Beijing" by By Jen Brown, www.today.com. August 04, 2010.

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• I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Grateful, Years, People

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• I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Three, Feels

  "Marathon mum" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. December 08, 2007.

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

  Alicia Sacramone

  Dream, Dreams Come True

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