Olympics Quotes - Page 20

• The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.

  Scott Hamilton

  Memories, Events, My Favorite

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• The Canadian Identity, it seems, is truly elusive only at home. Beyond the borders Canadians know exactly who they are, within they see themselves as part of a family, a street, a neighbourhood, a community, a province , a region, and on special occasions like Canada Day and Grey Cup weekend and, of course, during the Winter Olympics, a country called Canada. Beyond the borders, they pine; within the borders, they more often whine

  Roy MacGregor

  Country, Home, Winter

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• I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new sports like slopestyle skiing and snowboarding, it is going to breathe new life into them and attract a whole new crowd.

  Nick Goepper

  Summer, Sports, Winter

  "Sochi: Olympic Medal-Winning Skier Nick Goepper Talks Twitter, Tinder, Newfound Fame" by Debbie Emery, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 20, 2014.

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• 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

  Sports, Father, Wrestling

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• One of the things about my sport that's important is consistency - being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently. If you change it up or try to make everything more intense because the Olympics is coming up, you tend to put too much pressure on your mind and your body.

  Jonathan Horton

  Sports, Consistency, Training

  Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.

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• I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports; I'm kind of a sports junkie in general.

  Jonathan Horton

  Sports, Gymnastics, Doors

  Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.

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• The Olympics is a huge deal, and there's such an adrenaline rush, but I am one of those people that finds every little victory in life extremely satisfying - the day I got married, the day I moved into my house, the first car I bought, becoming an uncle. The little victories in life really keep you going, and none of those are any less special than the Olympic team.

  Jonathan Horton

  Uncles, Team, People

  Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.

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• I've heard so many stories of young girls watching the Olympics and being inspired by it, and they want to do it now, and that's really cool.

  Allyson Felix

  Girl, Stories, Want

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.

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• Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

  Mark Twain

  Shoes, Greek, Naked

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• I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on 'this is what I want to do'.

  Sheila E.

  Running, Winning, Years

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• There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U.S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.

  Bonnie Blair

  Perfect, Community, Storm

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• Running my hands really fast up and down the fretboard... I mean, anybody can do that. It's the Guitar Olympics, and I can't think of anything more pointless.

  The Edge

  Running, Mean, Thinking

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• Criticizing reporters is like boo-ing at the Special Olympics.

  Michael Jackson

  Special, Criticize, Reporters

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• We're talking about the Olympics. We're talking about trying to win the gold medal. All of these things can be overwhelming. But regardless of whether I win a gold medal or never compete again, I just have to trust that God has a plan for my life and I'm called to be His representative through the sport and outside of the sport.

  Elana Meyers

  Sports, Winning, Talking

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The inclusion of slopestyle in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.

  Nick Goepper

  Thinking, Air, Needs

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I'm not trying to snowboard for other people anymore. That just kind of comes with age and growing up. That's helped me a lot. Some of that started right after the last Olympics (in Vancouver).

  Kelly Clark

  Growing Up, People, Age

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• We've separated from mogul and aerial skiing and we've built our own sport and our own tricks. And now we're going back to the roots. But the Olympics is a world stage for athletics and it's going to be pretty sweet to represent our sport and represent our culture and show everyone what we're all about.

  Nick Goepper

  Sports, Sweet, Roots

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. February 13, 2014.

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• I was having a conversation with one of my teammates and she asked me, "Aren't you so glad it's over? We don't have to compete anymore." I thought that was a strange comment but in that moment I realized that I was doing it for the right reasons. I wasn't looking at the Olympics to define me. I wasn't to arrive somewhere by performing well in a contest.

  Kelly Clark

  Teammate, Strange, Moments

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• So after those Games, I continued to compete that season and the year after that. I really had the goal of being intentional. I didn't want to do big tricks because it was an X Games final or an Olympics final. I wanted to call my own shots. I started to do that and I started to have more fun than I ever knew I could have.

  Kelly Clark

  Fun, Years, Games

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• One of the great things about the X Games and the Olympics is being on the international stage. It gives you a cool opportunity to express, not only your personal style, but also your faith and what you believe in and your values.

  Nick Goepper

  Believe, Opportunity, Games

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. February 2014.

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• I never planned to be at the height of my career when I was 30 years old and going to my fourth Olympics. I watched the 1998 Olympics when I was 14 years old. That's what I wanted to do with my life. I thought I might have a shot at three Olympics max. This is way beyond the parameters of what I set out to do.

  Kelly Clark

  Years, Careers, Max

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The Olympics is really awesome, but for some snowboarders, it's not the biggest thing in the world.

  Shaun White

  World, Really Awesome

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• The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

  Shaun White

  Team, Snowboarding, Want

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• I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

  Venus Williams

  Dream, Dad, Home

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• Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics.

  Lasse Viren

  Running, Winning, Secret

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