Olympics Quotes

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
Will Rogers

Time, Night, Enough

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
Richard M. Nixon

Politics, Second, Finishing

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.
Shania Twain

Live, Television, Watched

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
Sally Ride

Space, Running, Hiking

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.
David Icke

Language, London, Mass

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
Michael Phelps

Age, Forward, Past

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
Jackie Chan

Country, Opposed

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
Jackie Chan

Love, Peace, United

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.
Shaun White

Love, Summer, Compete

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.
Shaun White

American, Whole, Matter

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.
Shaun White

Goal, Off, Year

When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!
Shaun White

Talk, Tell, Everyone

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.
Shaun White

Amazing, Done, Proud

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
Lee Trevino

Respect, Once, Individual

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.
Boris Johnson

Job, London, Mayor

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.
Frank Shorter

Time, School, Law

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
Vera Wang

Life, Mother, School

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Father, Words, Give

The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
Venus Williams

Play, Big, Able

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
Venus Williams

Woman, Wanted, Playing

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.
Eddie Van Halen

Funny, Music, Mean

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.
Alexander Haig

Life, Making, Quality

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
Al Pacino

Woman, Feeling, Winning

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.
Katherine Jenkins

Time, Amazing, Girl

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.
Lucy Powell

Success, Made, Said

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.
Shawn Johnson

Best, Feeling, Whole

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Shawn Johnson

Gymnastics, Tv, Extreme

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
Shawn Johnson

Life, Training, Whole

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.
Shawn Johnson

After, Blessing, Road

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA.
Shawn Johnson

Live, Enough, Team

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