Olympic Games Quotes - Page 5

• We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

  Bobby Robson

  Funny, Soccer, Stupid

  "Faded FA Cup glimmering again" by Roger Bennett, www.espn.com. January 4, 2013.

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• So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.

  Epictetus

  Wine, Exercise, Dust

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• When you are at the Olympic Games, it comes down to a ten thousandth of a hair between making the next round or winning a race or getting second or third.

  Apolo Ohno

  Winning, Hair, Race

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• I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished.

  Apolo Ohno

  Games, Ice, Goal

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• For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

  John Motson

  Football, Black And White, Yellow

  Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).

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• The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

  Bill Toomey

  Games, Cities, Athens

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• Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

  Homer

  Games, History, Conqueror

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• That's inches away from being millimetre perfect.

  Ted Lowe

  Perfect, Inches

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• The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

  Natalie Coughlin

  Real, Games, Pressure

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• I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish, but to carry the flag of your country is doubly thrilling.

  Shani Davis

  Country, Athlete, Games

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• Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

  Inge de Bruijn

  Motivational, Country, Hard Work

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• As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state.

  Rick Larsen

  Winter, Opportunity, Games

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• I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

  Clara Hughes

  Beautiful, Believe, Alive

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• My will to live completely overcame my desire to win

  Alfred Hajos

  Winning, Desire, Olympics

  "The Joy of Six: great Olympians" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. August 07, 2008.

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• I was always a fan but me and Kevin Pattero, he was a friend of mine who trained for the Olympic games in 1972… he and I became very close friends and roommates and I kind of rode his coattails into the business.

  Ric Flair

  Games, Fans, Kevin

  Source: smackdown5.moonfruit.com

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• In the spirit of the Olympic Games, they traditionally ask that all fighting and warfare around the world stop. So, there's hope for a ceasefire within the Jackson family.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Fighting, London Olympics

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• If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

  Yohan Blake

  Games, Alright, Medal

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• Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.

  Johnny Carson

  Peace, War, Games

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• And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know.

  Olga Korbut

  Sports, Team, Games

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• Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little kid and since everybody was a little kid, their dream was playing in Olympic Games, especially if we have a chance to represent our country in Sochi, it's unbelievable and it's going to be a great thing.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Dream, Country, Athlete

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• The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. Do you know who lit the flame? Betty White.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, London Olympics, Flames

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• The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere.

  James Fallows

  Country, Athlete, Writing

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• I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)

  George Michael

  Summer, Song, Dad

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• A lot of the Olympic games just boil down to genetics. Michael Phelps is genetically built to swim better than other people if he trains the same way. You might as well have a competition for who's the tallest, and act like it's anyone's game!

  Doug Stanhope

  Games, People, Competition

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• In those years,'80 was the, at the turn of '79/'80 you had the invasion of Afghanistan. It was the period in which the Americans attempt to liberate, to, to liberate the hostages in Iran and all these, all these things, the atmosphere was freezing - boycott of the Olympic Games and all that.

  Helmut Schmidt

  Games, Iran, Years

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