There are young children out there in our state, that could be Olympic champions at 2032 to think that Melbourne has hosted an Olympics, Sydney has hosted an Olympics, and now Queensland has that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we’ve got to give it everything we’ve got.
Sheikie the legend angry they remove wrestling from the Olympics.
Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.
I have a scar on my left thigh, kind of almost near my knee. I essentially fell in the 2002 Olympics and when I hit the wall – because of the impact – my right leg kind of came in at like a knife-type angle and stabbed my leg with my own skate blade.
I travelled the world because of the way people saw me at the Olympics.
When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that’s where I wanted to be. I went to the Commonwealth Games and got silver there, but the three years I was on the team it was London-this, London-that. It was all preparation for the Olympics.
As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.
It’s still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it’s all about the Olympics.
I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.
I’m not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what’s going on in the media. I’m supposed to be the typical amateur who’s 22 and scared to death and can’t believe he won the Olympics.
In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasn’t my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so it’s not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn’t work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.
When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.
I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.
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.
We play so hard and overall the Olympics are such a positive experience.
I’ve been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.
London was the Olympics that I was most nervous about. From coming into the venue and stepping on to the mat, people were supporting with ‘Saori’ banners and waving the Japanese flag, so even though it was London, I felt much more like fighting at home that way, which was really inspiring.
The Asian Championships are like the Olympics because the top 6 or top 8 are already here.
The Olympics: not one of my better memories.
My ultimate dream was to get to the Olympics. I never thought I would come away with two gold medals.
My whole life has been learning to lead, from my parents, to my education, to the experience I had in the private sector, to helping run the Olympics, and then of course helping guide a state.
I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy’s taking, he’s just taking one.
Our seasons aren’t like most sports, where the climax comes at the end. With us, the Olympics are much more important than anything else.
I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.
It’s the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
I’ve been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I’ve been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream – not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament.
Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem.
Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
I wasn’t even born when dad swam in the Olympics. I’ve seen videos of some of his swims, although I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in the Olympics. He’s been a massive support right through my career, and it’s good to have someone so close to talk to who knows all about what it’s like to compete in an Olympic Games.
I’m actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.
The best boxers don’t always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won’t happen to me.
When I was six, right before I started swimming, we went to a national competition here in Maryland and watched Michael Phelps swim, and I got to meet him afterwards, and I got his autograph. Fast forward nine years, and I’m at the Olympics with him, and it’s like: ‘Woah.’
I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.
For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.
I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.
At some times, my first go-round in the Olympics got a little overwhelming.
HGH testing is happening in Olympics. The science is there. It is a valid test.
After I won the Olympics, like any gold medalist, I did feel some emptiness in my heart. I did think about coming back to the ice for a long time. What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most. So I want to give it one more try.
It’s like a dream for me, participating in the Olympics, it’s so important for my career and I hope to win the gold medal here.
I just don’t know why anyone would ever think that women’s football is a step down and that coaching World Cup champions, winners, players that have represented their countries in the Olympics or European championships is a step down from anything.
I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn’t really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.
As a scientist, I play in the top league – the Olympics, the World Championships – and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.
I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.
Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.
It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can’t ask for much more.
I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I’ve done after that is really because of the Olympics.
I worked a lot with my personal coaches in Croatia. That helped me to play on that level in the Olympics.
‘Molly’s Game’ was a true story about a remarkable young woman named Molly Bloom. She was this close to going to the Olympics; she was ranked third in North America in women’s moguls.
Delhi is special for me because I made my world record here. We were playing against France at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium when I hit the fastest drag-flick in the world during the London Olympics qualifications in 2012.
I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.
The Olympics represent a global standard – for men, for women, for athletics.
I’m not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit of competition gets people truly engrossed in the business of literature.
I didn’t want people to think of me as someone who wasn’t impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that’s a huge accomplishment, and I was so happy. It was more about me just being not impressed with falling at the Olympics in my last event.
Being in the Olympics isn’t the chance for one of us to go out there and win the thing… It’s growing skateboarding, creating more opportunity for kids to be able to fulfill their dreams of being a pro-skater.
At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.
The Olympics is a dream of mine.
That’s one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we’ve never watched and all of a sudden it’ll be the biggest thing ever.
