Quotes About Olympics

You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

The Rio Games, it will be a big goal.

The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.

I think I'm ready and excited for Rio in 2016.

At some times, my first go-round in the Olympics got a little overwhelming.

It's painful to see that after Independence, India hasn't won a single Olympic medal in athletics.

I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know.

Everybody at the Olympics are almost at level par.

A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.

I think javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance of winning a medal at the Paris Olympics.

Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.

For an athlete myself, it is especially meaningful for our country to host an Olympics. Every athlete hopes to participate in an Olympics, so I still can't believe the games of dreams is going to take place in Korea.

It's like a dream for me, participating in the Olympics, it's so important for my career and I hope to win the gold medal here.

The uptake of people getting involved in cycling is partly down to the big success the team has had in the Tour de France, the Olympics and the World Championships.

A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!' We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.

I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio - to stay home. You'll be putting your life at risk here. This is without even speaking about the state of public hospitals and all the Brazilian political mess.

When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.

Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make it.

Coming into London having the experience of Beijing is really good.

I'd love to go to the Olympics. I grew up watching it on TV, and I was always very patriotic and passionate watching that. I'd like to give that back to my country, but I know I can't just walk into the side.

The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.

In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'

Seoul will co-operate with the national government so that the 2032 Summer Olympics become something more than a sports festival - an opportunity to change the fate of the Korean Peninsula.