#olympic

After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#believing #bigger #knew #make #olympics

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#goal #i #itself #make #me

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#created #games #individual #olympic #olympic games

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#neither #nor #olympic #property #race

I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#businesspeople #community #congress #country #exciting

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year. ↗

— Tom Daley

#gold #most #obviously #olympic #olympic gold

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics. ↗

— Dick Ebersol

#both #career #center #creatively #emotionally

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

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#family #olympians #olympic #past #role

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant. ↗

— Louis Tomlinson

#bit #brilliant #britain #british #compare