#olympic

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

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#how #i #making #olympic #olympic team

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#champions #grassroots #hands-on #i #level

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#big #big time #dream #games #going

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bridge #discrimination #endless #equal #field

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#american #away #being #best #body

They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. ↗

— Jahangir Khan

#beijing #bid #credentials #even #event

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me. ↗

— Blanka Vlasic

#every #i #me #olympics #rank

You look at Governor Romney's record in the private sector, he helped turn businesses around. Certainly a decade ago he took what would have been an international disaster with the U.S. Olympics, and turned it around for America and made us great again with the Olympics in Salt Lake City. ↗

— Scott Walker

#ago #america #around #been #businesses