Quotes About History

Jake Johnson is one of my oldest friends.

Theater in which you eat is the oldest form of theater.

Aborigines are not just the oldest race in Australia; they are the oldest race on the planet. They look like dinosaurs.

Every continent on Earth has a form of bullroarer - it's the oldest instrument known to man.

It's the oldest story in human existence. We've colonized someone or been colonized throughout human history. It's amazing how fast we comply and try to get a life out of that.

Wrestling is one of the earliest and oldest martial arts there is.

The FA Cup is the oldest cup competition in the world. Players are keen and willing to play in these games.

I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.

When I was in college in the late 80s-early 90s, there was a sense that history was on a straight path toward democracy everywhere. Well, that's not true. It was also not true that there's a single era of oligarchy, because we showed we could do something about it.

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.

The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras.

Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about women's ability to run longer distances. It was finally added after much campaigning.

I don't know if it'll happen four years from now or 52 years from now, but our job is to make an Olympic gold medal happen at some point for the history of the U.S. program.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics.

America's first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.

I'm proud to say that my sister was the first female boxer in the Olympics. That's history. She made her mark. And that's what you want to do in any sport.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.

Omaha, like Rome, is built on seven hills.

It is an honour and a pleasure to be able to play with Leo Messi. I want to learn. He is the best player in the world and in history. I am delighted to be able to share costumes. I want to learn a lot from him on and off the field.