#olympics

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#gets #oblivion #olympics #politics #second

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#forget #i #just #losing #loss

I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#am #amazing #believe #competing #defend

I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#add #because #bit #every #everyone

I'd like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair. ↗

— Melanie Roach

#anything #anything is possible #children #decision #family

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#coaches #family #first #got #i

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water. ↗

— Evan Sayet

#color #drinking #drinking water #every #just

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football. ↗

— Hope Solo

#come #cups #female #football #olympics

I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

#i #know #means #olympics #out

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#body #great #notoriety #off #olympics