Famous Quotes & Sayings

Blanka Vlasic

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

Bill Toomey

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

Bonnie Blair

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Eric Shanteau

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'

Laure Manaudou

Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.

Evan Sayet

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.

One of my friends went to the Olympics in '04. So a lot of us are working towards getting on the Olympic team as well.

David Coleman

Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of.

Don Kardong

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Andy Murray

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

David Letterman

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Cindy Klassen

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

Today it's like two victories in one. I won the super-G and my Olympic qualification.

For us, this was like our Olympic university and now is the time for us to write our exam.

I wish he was younger or the Olympics were this year. I wish he picked me up earlier, but he didn't think too much of me then.

If we can make it through the Olympics without any scandals, we'll be all right.

We've been overwhelmed. It seems to start before the Olympics with the promotional buildup.

Don Kardong

When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters.

Michael Johnson

Too many people try to put these championships on a par with the world championships or the Olympics but they are not -- never have been, never will be.

W. S. Gilbert

I saw rowing in the Olympics and I said, 'I want to do that. That's my sport,' ... I had always been a swimmer, but when I saw rowing, I said, 'That's it.'

Michelle Kwan

I respect the Olympics too much to compete.

I will not be the world champion. But I will be the Olympic champion.

Hayley Wickenheiser

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

Eric Shanteau

I know there's life after the Olympics.

Eric Heiden

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.

Emily Hughes

The Olympics are such an unexpected competition. You never know what can happen.

Safety and quality of all the Olympic venue projects are under control.

Natalie Coughlin

The year after the Olympics is always an interesting year,

Jessica Ennis

I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now.

Jackie Chan

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

Bode Miller

The stuff after the Olympics was pretty aggressive.

We want to end this Olympic run with something around our neck.

There's no better lead-in to the Olympics than the Olympics.