The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.
I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
That’s the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on ‘Wide World of Sports.’ Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.
Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like ‘You can do it, you can do it.’ And right before I hopped up there, I said, ‘I got this.’
I love the Olympics.
To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
I’d like to see the Olympics live. I’ve only watched it on television.
I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding wasn’t in the Olympics, but I knew that wouldn’t stop me.
I’m just maintaining the same mindset that I had going into the 2012 Olympics and Olympic trials, which is just, whatever happens, happens.
What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You’ve no control over those things, so in a way, it’s wasted energy to think of them.
In wrestling, you’re talking about a fraternity of champions, and I got a chance to be a part of that Olympic championship club. And anyone that ever won the Olympics in wrestling, there’s something different about them.
I’m not feeling much pressure for the Olympics because I think I already have done many things in my career. I will try to enjoy my second Olympics.
When I was training for the Olympics, I didn’t eat the way I should have. I missed out on much-needed protein and opted for every easy carb.
I’m a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics. I first got into sculpting when I created a sculpture based on a painting I had done for the 1984 Olympics.
Looking back, I’m so proud to have gone to five Olympics – I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.
Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.
I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it’s the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
I think I’ve gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it’s really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.
The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.
I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.
A lot of things I did were cringy. I look back at interviews, seeing the way I talked and the way I am, and it is embarrassing. I came back from the Olympics, I was shoved in the spotlight and I couldn’t cope that well.
They didn’t have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.
I’ve done things, from the Olympics to defeating two of the greatest fighters of all time.
Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.
I’m still a Welsh girl at heart so I’m staying in the U.K. for the Olympics, it’s such an exciting time for Britain so it’s amazing to be a part of it.
Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.
In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
It is an option and I would like to take part in the Olympics.
Mary Peters. When I was having my sulky, stroppy, bad loser phase I watched her at the Olympics. Sometimes she failed but always with a smile and good grace. She taught me how to win and lose, and I have a photo taken with her in my lounge.
I’m all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don’t just want to be remembered as the guy who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Olympics – a one-hit wonder – I want to be an inspiration to the kids.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people, subsequently, when they introduce me are very careful not to say the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. A lot more people are saying Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It’s a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It’s the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.
I miss seeing real comics, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett, those types. I like straight stand-up, talking about the Olympics and why I feel obligated to watch them. ‘Why am I watching archery at 4 in the afternoon?’
When it applies to the Olympics and making a decision, I have to claim Australia as my country.
I knew when I started gymnastics, I wanted to have a lot of fun and eventually go to the Olympics. On the moments where I felt really down, I just remembered, ‘You’re almost there. Just keep going. Keep working hard.’
One thing I learned from the ’88 Olympics: It’s not a question of if they can screw you over: it’s a question of if they will. It’s not the gold medal they took away from me. The medal doesn’t mean anything. It’s that they said I lost. That experience is well and alive in my mind.
I didn’t really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.
I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have nightclubs at the Olympic Village. It’s like college all over again.
The Olympics are coming… and it’s a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we’re all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.
I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I’ll never be in the Olympics.
I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed.
‘Suena’ is what the essence of the Olympics are about. There are the best athletes in the world up on one stage. The love and admiration and respect for each other is amazing to see.
The reception and the welcome home was quite overwhelming but an indication of how much the Welsh people valued my winning in the Olympics – it was a great memory.
The Olympics was really, really stressful because I had never done anything like it. At the same time, I was understanding something like that could never really happen again. I embraced it and took in everything.
I have fought back. From not being allowed to play, I have now qualified for Olympics in two events, it is satisfying. I feel proud.
I started in law school in ’71 and graduated in ’74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
You have 15-20 years of work for that one throw, that one moment. And I was like, ‘Okay, Lord, this is it – you told me I had the victory. So this is the time to show me’. And I’m going to give it all I have because this is my last throw in the Olympics.
I miss my kids, and they miss me. It’s very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams coming to the 2012 London Olympics.
The strange thing about the Olympics is that delivering on your potential is always quite difficult.
When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in the decathlon, and he adorned our Wheaties boxes. We all wanted to be Bruce Jenner.
I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He has many fans out there because of his great achievements and breaking world records in Olympics. I’ve done the same and it’s a great honour. I’m happy and I’m happy for him.
I have some great memories from the Olympics I also have some tough memories from it as well, where I was so close to winning a gold medal.
As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I’m lucky enough to have achieved that… but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven’t achieved that.
