Olympics Quotes - Page 19

• 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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• 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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• Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident. I accepted those victories as I accept this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.

  Abebe Bikila

  Men, Victory, Tragedy

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

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• By bringing Little Sun to Tate Modern and the London Olympics, I hope to realise an art project for those who typically have no access to global events of this scale.

  Olafur Eliasson

  Art, London Olympics, Events

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• Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

  George Pataki

  Country, Competition, Ninety

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• I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

  Marion Jones

  Games, Firsts, Wells

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• HGH testing is happening in Olympics. The science is there. It is a valid test.

  Roger Goodell

  Tests, Testing, Happenings

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• I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens.

  Cathy Freeman

  Motivational, Mistake, Athlete

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• The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.

  Cathy Freeman

  Motivational, Meaningful, Athlete

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• The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

  Bill Toomey

  Motivational, War, Athlete

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• I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

  Debi Thomas

  Motivational, Athlete, Winter

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• What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.

  Debi Thomas

  Motivational, Moving, Athlete

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• My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all. If I could be half the dad he was, to my children, then that will be an achievement in itself. He died 14 months exactly to the start of the 2012 Olympics. I hope he will be watching and waving his big union jack in London from somewhere else. I love you so much dad.

  Tom Daley

  Children, Dad, Love You

  "Tom Daley devasted after his father Rob loses his battle with cancer aged just 40" by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk. May 29, 2011.

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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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• As we watch the world embrace the Olympics in the coming days, let us remember why the modern Olympics came into being: to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. As long as we believe our own war-driven thoughts, there will always be war, in ourselves, in our families, and in our world. As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war.

  Byron Katie

  Sports, War, Believe

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• I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Grateful, Years, People

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• Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.

  Kohei Uchimura

  Years, Giving, Advice

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• The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared to 2004, it's a completely different sport. They've changed so many things just with what [the referees] are calling, they've changed the timing of the [scoring] lights. You always have to be evolving as a fencer. The Olympics is interesting because it's such a small field compared to what we're used to. This world championships, I think we had a hundred and something [athletes]. The Olympics is going to be less than 32.

  Mariel Zagunis

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

  "Past wins aside, Mariel Zagunis still driven". Interview with Bonnie D. Ford, www.espn.com. December 8, 2011.

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• I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics.

  Li Ka-shing

  Satisfaction, Satisfied

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