#olympic

They don't show Olympic boxing on TV in prime time. They haven't done that since 1988. In 1992, they showed one: Oscar De La Hoya. In 1996, they didn't show it. In 2000, they didn't show it. In 2004, they didn't show it. In 2008, they did not even mention boxing at all. You would think the United States didn't have a boxing team in 2008. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#did #done #even #haven #la

It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do. ↗

— Steven Lopez

#behind #championship #comes #control #death

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of. ↗

— Jim McKay

#beating #college #college kids #going #gold

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement. ↗

— Brent Musburger

#awards #carlos #i #make #object

One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country. ↗

— Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

#catch #circumstance #country #form #get

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ↗

— Sally Ride

#collect #hiking #i #i do #lot

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#enough #go #hard #hockey #i

Why is luge a sport? You dress up like a giant sperm and go sledding really fast. That’s hardly athletic. Phallic and sexy, yes. But hardly athletic. ↗

— Jessica Park

#olympic-games #sport #sports #love

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best. ↗

— Mary Decker

#added #athlete #athletic #back #because

I will remember all the days at the Olympics. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#i #olympics #remember #will