A Quote by Bill Toomey

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians.

Bill Toomey

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Actions Fields Get Might Movement People Playing Playing Field Playing Fields Product Stadiums Takes Them

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Bill Toomey
American - Athlete
Born: January 10, 1939

I'm Chief Executive Officer at Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida, which was founded by my Mexico City teammate Al Oerter and his wife Cathy in 2005. It shows that Olympians can have another life; we have got art from more than 100 Olympians.

Bob Beamon

I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.

Nadia Comaneci

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

Rick Riordan

The standing fields [ready to harvest]were the legions who hadn't filled their God-vacuum with the One who was born to fill it; the standing fields were those who waited for someone to reach out and speak the truth, and tell them how they might be saved.

Jan Karon

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

Mary Lou Retton

I beat Olympians.

Jermell Charlo

This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776 B.C. to 393 A.D., your fellow Olympians laid down their arms to take part in these games. They understood there was more honor in out running a man than in killing him. I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer.

Bill Bowerman

I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard as the Olympians.

Ellie Simmonds

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.

Bill Toomey

I want to be recognised as exemplifying the Olympic spirit - one of the last true Olympians.

Eddie the Eagle

Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians.

Sonny Bill Williams

Coming from the background that I come from, being a gold medalist, you see Ronda Rousey and Daniel Cormier doing so well. Yoel Romero. All these Olympians. It's kinda hard to bet against them.

Henry Cejudo

My mom choreographed the top Olympians; she's really the queen of ice in her world, so I kind of get my directorial bug from her because she's really good at telling people what to do!