#olympics

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

#event #just #midst #more #much

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal. ↗

— Mitch Gaylord

#gold medal #greatest #honors #individual #me

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#biggest problem #boxing #came #everybody #fighters

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#am #around #athlete #because #breathe

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anything #coach #could #except #gym

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

— Steve Backley

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

One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics. ↗

— Lydia Ko

#country #everyone #get #go #goals

Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#behind #fatigue #finish #gone #guys

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race. ↗

— Marianne Vos

#gold #gold medals #medals #objective #olympics

Beijing's Olympics were very grand - they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government didn't care about people's feelings because it was trying to create an image. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #beijing #care #create #enjoy