Quotes About Special Olympics

Wrestling is maybe 10 percent of our job. Everything else is what we do outside the ring and that's really rewarding. I got to go to Afghanistan to visit the troops, work with Special Olympics, it's just one of those jobs that's once in a lifetime and we're lucky to do it.

I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.

I started working with Special Olympics when I was 17 years old. I'll never forget the first time I did it: I was at Weber State, and it was the summer before I started school. We have to get up in the morning and do this Special Olympics camp.

Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as an NBA player in Philadelphia.

When I discovered Special Olympics and saw how it integrates these athletes into programs that change the whole way they see themselves and how they perform, it blew my mind. I wanted to be involved.

It took many months in court, but the tabloid eventually published a total retraction and paid substantial damages in an out-of-court settlement. The money went to the Special Olympics in Great Britain.

Working with WWE on our many community outreach programs like Special Olympics and Connor's Cure gives me the most inspiring stories to tell about human resilience.

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all the athletes.

I am truly honored to be selected as a Special Olympics Global Ambassador.

I only really discovered modelling in August 2014 when I went to the Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane and watched a fashion parade. At that moment, I decided it looked like an awesome thing to do. Before then, my spare time was competing at Special Olympics, dancing, and acting.

It's empowering and uplifting to hear the Special Olympics athletes share their journey and what's helped them to get to where they are today. I had no idea how much I'd learn and grow by taking part in Special Olympics. It's made me think about my own journey and what's important in life.

The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children - children with mental retardation - can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

I have been so inspired by the Special Olympics athletes that I have been so fortunate to meet, and I am excited to continue my involvement in the Special Olympics Movement.

Obama said that his performance at bowling was so bad 'it was like the Special Olympics or something.' Disability, by Obama's definition, was about difference and failure.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.