Top 1200 Olympic Athlete Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

A good athlete can enter a state of body-awareness in which the right stroke or the right movement happens by itself, effortlessly, without any interference of the conscious will. This is a paradigm for non-action: the purest and most effective form of action. The game plays the game; the poem writes the poem; we can't tell the dancer from the dance. It happens when we trust the intelligence of the universe in the same way that an athlete or a dancer trusts the superior intelligence of the body.

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

I never won a Vezina Trophy until I won the Olympic gold medal.

I didn't really hit my stride until my Olympic year.

I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open.

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras.

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games.

I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.

Winning a title in Olympic year is never easy.

I've actually carried the Olympic torch through Stoke-on-Trent.

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

He's been breaking Olympic records like ninepins

When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

You must understand that to get an Olympic medal is a huge achievement.

I want to be European, world and Olympic gold medallist.

I always wanted to be Olympic champion and do clean programs.

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner.

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.

Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.

I will never forget the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

To win an Olympic gold would be very special for me.

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

I am Olympic champion for life, and I have learned to enjoy what that means.

I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff.

This is an Olympic-level type of sport and it needs to be cleaned up.

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

I'm not U.S.A. Olympic image. I didn't go to college. I came from a different route.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

Walking in high heels should be made an Olympic sport.

All of the major events are fun. Obviously the Olympic Games is top.

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes.

My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it.

I see the opportunity to pursue an Olympic berth as a chance of a lifetime.

We're not coming back unless it's to become Olympic champions again.

That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.

My wife and I have Olympic sex. Once every four years.

The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.

There was a time where I was on top of the world, an Olympic hopeful.

The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family.

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.