Olympics Quotes - Page 22

• I have to stop watching the Olympics. It just reminds me that I forgot to try really hard at something.

  Greg Fitzsimmons

  Trying, Hard

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• If no-eye contact sex were a sport, I'm not saying I'd make it to the Olympics, but I like my chances.

  Dov Davidoff

  Sports, Sex, Eye

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• I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

  Joe Flacco

  Years, Special, Baltimore

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• Everyone said, 'Yeah, you can do it, you can qualify.' But it wasn't something that I actually believed I could do. Even now, I definitely understand and know I'm going to the Olympics, but I don't think it will fully sink in until I'm actually there and experiencing it.

  Gwen Jorgensen

  Thinking, Yeah, Said

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• Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

  David Letterman

  Tanks, Rolling, Putin

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• My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Dream, Winning, Cake

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• The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Gym

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• You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Wind, Bigs

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• Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Past, Years, People

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• We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City.

  Hillary Clinton

  Lakes, Law, Cities

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• Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell me that the parties really aren't that much fun anyway. Whatever I've missed, I've made up for. Most kids don't get to go to the Olympics and win three gold medals. It's definitely been worth it and I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to.

  Janet Evans

  Fun, Party, Kids

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• If you didn't know better, you might have thought in 2003 and 2004 that U.S. government strategy was being set by people trying to make enemies rather than friends in the Arab-Islamic world. And if you didn't know better, you might think that the Chinese government's approach to the Olympics is being set by people trying to make the country look bad.

  James Fallows

  Country, Islamic, Thinking

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• Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change it. Well, I'm Bob and I'm an unreasonable person. And if TED is anything, it is the olympics of unreasonable people.

  Bob Geldof

  People, Progress, Trying

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• I wanted to bring the book out right now because I think anyone who cares about Tibet knew there would be disturbances in the run up to the Olympics [2008]. Many Tibetans feel it's their last chance to broadcast their suffering and frustration and pain to the world before the Olympics take place and China is accepted as a modern nation and the world forgets about Tibet.

  Pico Iyer

  Running, Pain, Book

  "Reflects On Thirty Years Traveling with Tibet's Exiled Leader". Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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• That's a very privileged job and I love it with all my heart. I'm planning on playing my best volleyball to date throughout 2016 and certainly during the Olympics.

  Kerri Walsh

  Volleyball, Jobs, Heart

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• If you run a country and want to put it on the global map you don't have so many choices. You can get the Olympics, the World Cup or a Formula One race. And the first two are only every four years - and you have them only once.

  Martin Sorrell

  Country, Running, Race

  Source: www.formula1.com

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• Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they get built anyway for the games, everybody has kind of wishful thinking about what the afterlife of these spaces is going to be. If there is not demand for it before the Olympics, there's probably not going to be demand for it afterwards.

  Gary Hustwit

  Thinking, Games, Cities

  Source: www.salon.com

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• Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

  Gary Hustwit

  Example, Beijing, Moved

  Source: www.salon.com

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• I just enjoy calculating, and it's an instrument I know how to play. It's almost an athletic performance, in a way. I was just watching the Olympics, and that's how I feel when proving a theorem.

  Freeman Dyson

  Play, Athletic, Way

  "Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe". Interview with Elena Holodny, www.businessinsider.com. September 9, 2016.

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• Malaysia didn't end up winning any gold medals at the Rio Olympics, but had set new records and brought the nation closer, so keep going.

  Azran Osman Rani

  Winning, Gold, Records

  Source: sea.askmen.com

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• It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.

  Allyson Felix

  Senior, School, Careers

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

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• And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to do another Olympics. I'm just going to see how I'm feeling.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Long, Feelings

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

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• Rio would be my last Olympics.

  Usain Bolt

  Would Be, Lasts, Rio

  "Q&A with Usain Bolt: Protests, doping scandals, post-track life ... and wings". Interview, www.espn.co.uk. September 24, 2016.

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• I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to Jamaica, or when I was in London, I had a lot of wings. That was the first thing I asked for - "Hey, get me some wings."

  Usain Bolt

  Jamaica, Wings, Nuggets

  "Q&A with Usain Bolt: Protests, doping scandals, post-track life ... and wings". ESPN Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2016.

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