#olympic

When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#ever #field #going #guesses #i

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#did #doing #early #ever #i

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#course #first #gymnastics #i #most

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#gets #oblivion #olympics #politics #second

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#favorite #gold #gold medal #i #medal

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#gold #gold medals #just #like #me

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#dream #drunk #everything #everywhere #gave

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

— Eric Shanteau

#just #life #lot #more #olympic

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#olympics #test #their #ultimate #ultimate test

I'd like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair. ↗

— Melanie Roach

#anything #anything is possible #children #decision #family