#olympic team

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will. ↗

— Doug Collins

#because #become #better #care #coach

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

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.' ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#always #been #dream #getting #i

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#how #i #making #olympic #olympic team

I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#did #games #going #got #guy

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team. ↗

— Amnat Ruenroeng

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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it. ↗

— Dana Torres

#exhausted #feel #fifth #focus #i

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000. ↗

— Rhonda Cator

#greatest #honour #hopefully #included #olympic

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#become #coaches #complacent #completely #disagree

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