#olympics

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals. ↗

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

#athletes #class #equals #everything #first

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.' ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#always #been #dream #getting #i

I know there's life after the Olympics. ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#i #know #life #olympics

Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool. ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#back #breaks #came #i #i came

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#averaging #day #full #going #graduated

When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#applauded #decision #first #heartily #humour

And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through. ↗

— Elvis Stojko

#brian #felt #first #going #gone

I will try to win the Olympics gold in London. ↗

— Ryoko Tani

#i #london #olympics #try #will

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. ↗

— Debi Thomas

#african-american #bronze #complain #get #got

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. ↗

— Gail Devers

#back #believe #five #gone #i