#pics

There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. ↗

— Chris Brasher

#must #olympics #preserved #something #soul

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#country #every #lot #olympics #opposed

I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics. ↗

— Im Dong-Hyun

#compete #desire #first #first time #forgot

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #bring #competition #definitely #does

So many people along the way,whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But it all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there no limits, ↗

— Michael Phelps

#confidence #inspirational #olympics #phelps #swimming

There's no twilight in the tropics. Night falls like a curtain. ↗

— Waldemar Young

#falls #like #night #tropics #twilight

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#biased #difficult #even #interest #moderation

The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course. ↗

— Tara Lipinski

#course #highlight #olympics

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#hold #might #olympics #somebody #try

She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics. ↗

— Carly Patterson

#did #get #good #happy #higher