#olympics

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#benefits #border #bring #co-chair #force

That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#biggest #biggest thing #challenging #ever #magical

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#changes #extraordinary #heal #hope #i

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world. ↗

— Andy Murray

#event #far #me #olympics #sporting event

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#australian #birthday #celebrations #company #currently

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#help #i #i think #more #more people

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. ↗

— Andy Murray

#biggest #determined #hungry #i #losing

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate. ↗

— George Pataki

#countries #eighty #global #hundred #ninety

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#beijing #centre #cycling #example #for example

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#country #earlier #focus #get #getting