Olympics Quotes - Page 20

• I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Feelings, Emptiness, Horrible

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• The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?

  Paula Radcliffe

  Thinking, Race, Watches

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• What a great opportunity to come to my fifth Olympics, be flag bearer and also be a returning medalist so I have a platform to talk about something and hopefully do some good in this world.

  Chris Witty

  Opportunity, Flags, World

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• The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.

  Jean Drapeau

  Baby, Men, Loses

  "Why Chicago didn't want the Olympics" by Edward McClelland, www.salon.com. October 2, 2009.

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• If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general, they don't have that with the Summer Games. They don't have anything that's drawing in a younger viewership. To be honest, I think they need skateboarding more than we need them. Skateboarding's popularity is solidified for the most part in a lot of countries.

  Tony Hawk

  Summer, Country, Winter

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• If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.

  Aly Raisman

  Team, Usa, Age

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• The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.

  Dick Ebersol

  Athlete, Character, Guy

  "Ebersol’s Parting Thoughts". blogs.wsj.com. May 25, 2011.

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• You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.

  Dick Ebersol

  Basketball, Football, Games

  "Just how valuable is owning the Olympic Games TV rights?" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2011.

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• I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Three, Feels

  "Marathon mum" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. December 08, 2007.

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• It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Dream, Dreams Come True

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• I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Fun, Heart, People

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• For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

  Andy Murray

  Events, World, Sporting Events

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

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• It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

  Christa McAuliffe

  Community, Homecoming, Should

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• It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough to swallow - especially when they had to make all of our "We're #1" T-shirts.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Team, London Olympics

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• Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.

  Lolo Jones

  College, Training, Before Marriage

  "Did Lolo Jones Offer Up Too Much Information?". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 30, 2012.

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• I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.

  Nader al-Masri

  Athlete, Optimistic, Achievement

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• But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.

  Billy Joe Saunders

  Moving, Challenges, Time To Move On

  "Top of the bill: Billy Joe Saunders insists he's ready to rock the Royal Albert Hall" by David Anderson, www.mirror.co.uk. April 25, 2012.

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• Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.

  Gagan Narang

  Commonwealth Games, Differences, Gold

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• You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body.

  Bode Miller

  Running, Emotional, Levels

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• It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.

  Bode Miller

  Men, Rocks, Doe

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• I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

  Yahoo Serious

  Mean, Knows

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

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• Mitt Romney had a horse competing in the Olympics. He didn't win. But next year, he'll be competing in 'Dancing with the Stars.'

  David Letterman

  Funny, Horse, Stars

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• How about those Olympics, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't London look like the place to be? New York City was in the running for this Olympics. But here's what happened. We got outbribed.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Running, New York

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• Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher score than Chinese kids? That never happens.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Teenager, Team

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• Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Soccer, Team

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