Quotes About Olympic

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of.

The Olympic movement has made a conscious attempt to make sports and disciplines urban in nature.

In my eyes, I will never be up there with the Sir Steve Redgraves and the Sir Chris Hoys of this world. It's not something that drives me; I just enjoy going to the Olympic Games. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as those people is an honour for me. I don't ever think about those kind of things.

Having an Olympic medal validates that you can be a successful freeskier... It's like a credential that sticks with you the rest of your life.

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.

If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

Popov was double Olympic champion in '92 and '96, and then Gary Hall came along and won in 2000 and 2004, and I would be the next on the list. That's a good goal, to have my name on that list alongside these guys.

My school has a bunch of actors and professional kids, like Chloe Grace Moretz, Odeya Rush, and Olympic gymnasts. Basically, anyone who has a job as a kid.

The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras.

As an Olympic athlete, I was at the top of my sport.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

I think we should follow the Olympic charter and the guidelines as the whole world is following it.

I'm a Golden Gloves national champion, I'm an Olympic alternate.

I've been to Tokyo-slash-Japan - we actually went to Yokohama in 2015 and 2013 for international competitions. I think that it would be really nice to go back and do a little Olympic thing there.

There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008.