The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the
individual honors, but standing on the podium with my
teammates to receive our team gold medal.
- Mitch Gaylord
I’ve seen a much tougher opposition than her [Carly Patterson].
Let’s see how long she can remain on top.
Can she keep going and compete in two more Olympics like myself.
- Svetlana Khorkina (1979-) - Russian gymnast
Defintely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years.
That’s my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the
1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She’s a gymnast.
So I’m a huge fan.
- Jaime Pressly (1977-) - American gymnast and Dancer
If you make one mistake, it can result in vasectomy.
- John Rowland, Olympian, speaking about the steeplechase
I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and
horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
- Paula Radcliffe
When you cross the line, it is such a wonderful feeling it’s
hard to describe. [On winning gold in the Olympics]
- Kelly Holmes
The 400m boys have been supportive - although I’m still
trying to remember everyone’s name [on gatecrashing the British Olympics team]
- Malachi Davis
Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses’.
- Bob Costas, NBC Sports Commentator’s comment after watching
Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics competition.
In high school, I didn’t get the chance to wrestle varsity until
my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.
- Rulon Gardner, 29 year old American from Afton, Wyoming won Olympic Gold
for Greco-Roman Wrestling in Sydney by beating the Russian legend,
Alexsandr Karelin. Going into the gold medal match, Karelin, with
9 World Championships and three Olympic gold medals, had been unbeaten since 1987.
When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself:
‘Did I win this medal?’
Kip Keino, Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 and the 3000 meter steeplechase,
from a speech urging young athletes not to use performance enhancing drugs.
Olympic Quotes
If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.
- Jesse Owens
Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing,
but none of them really that serious.
- Boxing Analyst
If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.
- Softball announcer
He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact you can
see it all over their faces.
- Basketball analyst
Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the
cox of the British crew.
- At the rowing medal ceremony
Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks on the field.
- Soccer commentator
It was tough but I was able to produce a pretty good performance and
I’m ecstatic about the result. [On beating Phelps in the race of the
century, as it was billed, at the 2004 Olympics]
- Ian Thorpe
The odd thing is, I knew we were going to win on the way to the stadium -
that’s the crazy thing about the Olympics.
- Darren Campbell
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.
- Paul Hamm
“You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.”
“Thanks, King.”
- Dialogue between Gustav V of Sweden and Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics
The goal of Olympism is to place everywhere sport at the service of
the harmonious development of man, with a view to encouraging the
establishment of a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of
human dignity. To this effect, the Olympic Movement engages, alone or
in cooperation with other organizations and within the limits of its means,
in actions to promote peace.
- From the Olympic Charter
This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning
during her warm up and it was amazing.
- Weightlifting commentator
This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience
since I once mounted her mother.
- Dressage commentator
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.
- Paul Hamm, Gymnast
All our hopes are pinned on one person - Paula Radcliffe.
If Paula doesn’t win gold then we are going to have a postmortem
on this Olympic team. [she didn’t win gold, but Britain came top
10 overall in 2004 Athens Olympics]
- Roger Black
One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round,
his wife takes out his balls and kisses them… Oh my God, what have I just said?
- Tennis commentator
The way Team U.S.A. woman handled the Canadians in their eight-game
Road to the Olympics series — eight wins, no losses, 31-13 in goals —
you wonder why Canada is even showing up.
- Cam Cole, a columnist with Canada’s National Post, before Canada
defeated the United States 3-2 to win the women’s gold medal.
Here’s a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics.
Then, if some guy sets a world record, pretend that you didn’t
see it and go, “Okay, is everybody ready to start now?”
- Jack Handy - Deep Thoughts
An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honour that
can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to
have won gold at the Olympics.
- Jeff Fenech
The Montreal Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby.
- Jean Drapeau
So much more was possible…this hurts so bad [on a disappointing day
at the Olympics in Athens]
- Bill Sweetenham
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul,
that must be preserved.
- Chris Brasher
I used the Olympics in my team talk. When I went to bed,
Kelly Holmes turned me on - which is sad for me isn’t it?
- Neil Warnock
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to
predict what will happen.
- Sergei Bubka
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver.
Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) - 37th US President (1969-74)
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough
to be in the Olympics in the day time.
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Sydney is a friendly city where it doesn’t matter where you come from.
We are all Australians together. We eat together, learn together,
and play together, And that’s what the Olympics really mean to me.
It’s bringing the young people of the world together to
celebrate sport and friendship.
- Tanya Blencowe
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