Olympics Quotes - Page 3

• I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.

  Erick Barrondo

  Home, Athlete, Kids

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

  Chris Brasher

  Athlete, Soul, Olympic Spirit

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• After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.

  Brandi Chastain

  Soccer, Sports, Believe

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• When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, Winning, Gold

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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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• Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Finishing, Complaining, Politics

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• There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

  Lolo Jones

  Motivational Sports, Hard Work, Athlete

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• Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

  Charles Barkley

  Sports, Athlete, Grandmother

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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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• Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Sports, Growing

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• I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

  Ryan Lochte

  Thinking, Outcomes, Satisfied

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• I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

  Ryan Lochte

  Ties, Suits, Happens

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• The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

  Ryan Lochte

  Moving, Trials, Bigs

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• That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.

  Gary Lineker

  Sports, Team, Challenges

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• My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

  Hope Solo

  Years, World, Four

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• Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

  Bill Toomey

  Corny, Steroid, Banned

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• My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

  Cathy Freeman

  Real, Race, Lasts

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

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• When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

  Hope Solo

  Football, Real, Support

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• Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

  Daley Thompson

  Games, Community, World

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• Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

  Maria Shriver

  People, Trying, Special

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• How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most.

  Nicolas Cage

  Winning, Race, Together

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• I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

  Shania Twain

  Television

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

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• I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.

  Vera Wang

  Mother, School, Training

  "The Vera Wang Interview: Made of Honor" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 24, 2011.

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• The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

  Johnny Weir

  Summer, Events, Tunes

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• I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

  Johnny Weir

  Mom, Athlete, Winning

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