#olympic games

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#games #i #image #like #looked

People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. ↗

— Gail Devers

#after #always #away #games #i

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

— Dayron Robles

#even #games #half #need #olympic

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#class #games #gold #gold medal #graduated

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#games #i #moon #olympic #olympic games

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

#anything #change #dream #games #had

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#belongs #competitions #everybody #games #individual

My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#games #goals #happier #i #last

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#am #been #come #determination #games