#olympic

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. ↗

#excellence #exists #itself #life #maybe

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#ago #australian #been #first #four

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#olympics #race #real #sydney

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#best #champ #could #i #i am

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?' ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#champion #college #dad #else #first

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else. ↗

— Rebecca Lobo

#gold #gold medal #like #medal #nothing

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen? ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#forgot #gonna #happen #how #i

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#after #change #had #i #i think

I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up. ↗