Olympics Quotes - Page 9

• I love the Olympics. I love the idea of something happening every four years. I've always had love for Bulgaria, and I've always been a Bulgarian. That's also really part of why I want to play it. I know it's tough for the calendar, but at the same time, it's the Olympics.

  Grigor Dimitrov

  Years, Play, Ideas

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think that everyone has an equal right to play and I think we've been supportive of that. With the Olympics and the controversy around that I think those decisions and those laws aren't necessarily something that I agree with personally ... their laws and their views.

  Sidney Crosby

  Thinking, Views, Law

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• And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.

  Elvis Stojko

  Sports, Gone, Wow

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• I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life is a battlefield. Life is survival of the fittest... How many healthy people do you know? How many happy people do you know? Think about it. People work at dying, they don't work at living. My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

  Jack LaLanne

  Workout, Thinking, America

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• And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.

  Noureddine Morceli

  Trying, Records, May

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• Four years ago, I was thinking… no Olympics, who am I? Probably in ’04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics was who I am and I have to be an Olympian and I have to make this team. That’s probably why I was a little bit devastated when I didn’t make it. You know, I was kinda lost. Now I realize that we’re all magnificent, regardless of what we do or whatever career path we choose, you know, that career doesn’t have to define us as a human being. There’s so much more to being human than all of this.

  Raj Bhavsar

  Team, Gymnastics, Thinking

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• I swam my brains out.

  Mark Spitz

  Brain, Olympics Games

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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, Psychological

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• The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error when he chose not to dress his young National Socialists in lime-green catsuits laced with twinkling fairy lights.

  Anthony Lane

  Errors, Light, Dresses

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• The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

  Cindy Klassen

  Vancouver, Looks

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• I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.

  Blanka Vlasic

  Competition

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• The Olympics must be my curse or something.

  Blanka Vlasic

  Curse

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• I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

  Eric Shanteau

  Dad, Missing, Swim

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• It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing for every Canadian but over the years you've seen the parity with all the teams because it's the best players in the world.

  Darren McCarty

  Team, Player, Years

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• I think there's going to be pressure on all the British athletes. It's a home Olympics at the end of the day. I like adrenaline, that's something I feed off. I'm just going to go out there and do my best.

  Jessica Ennis

  Home, Athlete, Thinking

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

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• I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now.

  Jessica Ennis

  Gone, Juniors, Firsts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai.

  David Rudisha

  Warrior, Leader, Gold

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• I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.

  David Rudisha

  Games, Champion, Watches

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• I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

  David Rudisha

  Finals, Records, World

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• The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

  David Rudisha

  Winning, Careers, Missing

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• I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.

  David Rudisha

  School, Winning, Moved On

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• It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

  David Rudisha

  Special, Records, World

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• But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.

  Angela Ruggiero

  Hockey, Would Be, Enough

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• The stable funding announced today will allow Special Olympics to grow and benefit an increasing number of Canadians. I am proud that our Government is committed to providing opportunities for Canadians of all ages and all abilities to engage in sport and physical activity and to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle.

  Jim Flaherty

  Sports, Opportunity, Numbers

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• You know, I've occasionally tried to watch other shows besides Scrubs, but comparing them is a bit like me competing in the special Olympics. Obviously I would win without contest, but the point is that they are trying their best.

  Zach Braff

  Winning, Special, Trying

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