#olympic

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#deprive #kids #many #olympics #seeing

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#bed #beneath #bread #five #i

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#big #experience #getting #know #olympic

I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team. ↗

— Melanie Roach

#athlete #been #coach #concept #different

I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak. ↗

— Mark Roberts

#i #obviously #olympics #out #really

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#because #games #go #great #guys

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time. ↗

— Will Rogers

#enough #fast #hollywood #night #olympics

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#combination #event #figure #figure skating #good

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#began #city #era #games #modern

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#biggest dream #dream #expectations #fulfill #goals