Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.'

Evan Sayet

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

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.

David Letterman

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

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.

Don Kardong

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

David Coleman

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

Cindy Klassen

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

Andy Murray

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

Bonnie Blair

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Blanka Vlasic

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

Bill Toomey

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

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

Paul Hamm

I'm sure these Olympics will feel a lot different. There is not only more pressure on us as a team but more pressure individually.

Jacques Rogge

Not all sports are indispensable for the Olympic program, we know that.

I want to go to the Olympics and play hockey.

I want to be the Olympic champion. . . . Then I'll have peace that no one can ever take away from me.

John Callahan

It was a different time for Aspen. So many people did not want the Olympics here. They just didn't think it was the place to have it. People wanted to ski and get away from whatever.

They were very optimistic going into the Olympics that they would be in the finals.

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

Shintaro Ishihara

If the Olympics are going to be hosted in Japan, it has to be Tokyo, considering the capacity,

Shaun White

I didn't understand how big a thing the Olympics are until I showed up here.

His appointment to the Olympic team is our issue.

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