Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business climate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney has proven that he is ready to be president on Day One.
Life has changed both on and off the court after the Rio Olympics medal. I have a lot of confidence on the court now and feel anything is possible. I also feel that I have improved my game. Off the court, I do get recognised more now.
At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it’s going to be your last one.
Olympics is everyone’s dream.
With China and North Korea, you never know who you’ll fight. The faces are always changing, and suddenly young opponents come up. It’s all about winning at the Olympics, not about winning pretty. I’ll just keep trying to improve, add more muscle power, and make sure I’m the last one standing.
Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
The ultimate goal is Olympics.
Every Olympics, they make a big deal out of something – security… traffic… pollution… something – and it really doesn’t come true. For me, there’s never been a problem.
Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did – bronze, silver or gold.
To be out there in the Olympics skating the board that’s actually my own and a company that me and my homies have started. It’s a special feeling and it’s only more motivation to go out there and kill it.
The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.
That’s what the Olympics is about – getting your name on the wall, and that gold medal.
I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.
When the Olympics comes around, it seems like every country is against each other, but we’re all buddies out here. It’s about giving feedback to fellow riders and letting the riders feed off each other.
I don’t think there’s any less on the line in the Olympics than there is any other time.
Someone ‘big’ will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it.
For golf, being in the Olympics is a big boost. More so for Indian golf.
I deferred my third-year studies from university to go full time sailing to try and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which I did. I tried to go back to the university, but having won the silver medal, I just haven’t been able to get back. And now I’m not sure if I ever will.
Improv Olympics, Second City are some of the most tolerant, accepting people. They’re like circus folk. They’re freaks themselves.
When I ran the anchor leg to a gold medal with my Canadian teammates Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Robert Esmie in the 4×100-metre relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it was my responsibility to motivate the guys as unofficial captain and leader.
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.
It is a disgrace. I think darts should be at the Olympics. Obviously you’d have to cut out the drinking side of the game. But apart from that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be there.
The ability to manage large assets well – it’s like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it’s what you aspire to.
Every Olympics, we always end up having someone on the podium that we had no idea, or we didn’t expect them to be.
We promote Asian storytelling – not just Asian stories but Asian people in stories with the full spectrum of the human experience. When you say, ‘Oh, it’s not enough attention on Asians. It’s more black and white,’ that game becomes like you’re playing the discrimination Olympics.
For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn’t go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: ‘Yeah, of course you can take a photo…’ but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, ‘Whoa, I don’t like this attention anymore.’
Outside the Olympics, there are massive discrepancies within all sports. But the positive side for me is that the Olympics are the biggest platform there is, and there’s total equality across all sports.
Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.
I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, ‘What do you think you’re going to do in the Olympics?’ and I said, ‘I’m hoping I’m going to win a medal, and, if possible, it’s going to be a gold one.’
As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.
The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines, I felt that I wanted to have my Games. I understood that it wouldn’t be easy to make them, especially now that in Russia there are a lot of strong girls.
Where is it written that the Olympics are only for winners?
It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out to Salt Lake City with my mind focused on making the 2014 team.
When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.
My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.
Before the start of the ’76 Olympics, I’d had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.
I wanted to emulate my parents – Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
The world awaits Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved from Charlottesville to Chicago, because that’s where The Second City and Improv Olympics are. You have to go wherever you need to go to study what interests you.
I’m not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I’m going to save it for after the Olympics!
At the 2012 Olympics, there was a nutritionist in the food hall telling us, ‘Eat that. And eat that.’ After winning my gold, I went to McDonald’s for chicken nuggets and a strawberry milkshake, but that was just for the hell of it. I don’t feel hungry after a match, to be honest.
I’m proud of the U.S.A. We’ve done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.
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.
My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn’t allowed, it just wasn’t done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.
Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I’ll never forget.
As a goalkeeper experience is a massive thing, and there is nothing better than playing games, which thankfully I managed to do at the Olympics.
I don’t think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it’s just going to stress me out and get me worried.
It takes a village to earn a spot representing your country, and I know that every single person who helped me get to the Olympics was also touched by the dream. The web of inspiration is incredible. Because of this, I know that the core principles and spirit of what the Olympics stand for are worth protecting.
We developed a system in Romania that was very successfully continued for a number of years, but I don’t know if it was because of some conflict in the organisation or whether there was government interference… but somehow, they have forgotten the importance of raising gymnasts to be ready for every Olympics.
One of sports journalism’s great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the ice and snow, but not the haggard reporters subsisting for three weeks on stadium starches, cheap beer, deadlines, and little sleep.
I joke that the Olympics is the warm-up to the Paralympics.
Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn’t need a monumental Olympics.
My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.
Selecting Budapest would not only be a new city and country for the Olympic Games, but put the region on the map. We want to organise the first Central Eastern Europe Olympics.
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.
When I participated in Rio Olympics in 2016, I failed to grab a medal. But it was a learning experience.
The Olympics will be great for the growth of golf on a global scale, but my focus right now is on being the best player I can be, trying to win Major Championships and contributing to what will hopefully be a victorious European side at the forthcoming Ryder Cup Matches against the USA.
You never really think about what happens after the Olympics – you’re just like, ‘I want to compete. I want to do well’ and thinking about that. After it all happened, it was such a whirlwind. I’ve gotten to do so many amazing things. My favorite thing was getting into acting.
