#olympic

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#award #embodies #everybody #field #given

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#every nation #first #first time #fostered #games

My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The following year we applied to become permanent residents. We moved here in 1996 after the Atlanta Olympics. ↗

— Jonathan Brown

#applied #atlanta #become #came #canada

I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#age #been #change #first #first time

Olympics for me is love, peace, united. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#me #olympics #peace #united

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year. ↗

— Roger Federer

#am #because #champion #coming #confidence

I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#antithesis #beautiful #celebrates #death #dissolution

I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics. ↗

— Kim Clijsters

#i #last #last time #london #love

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#because #lighter #olympic #schedule #year

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#essential #essential thing #fighting #games #important