#pics

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

I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#championships #constantly #fitness #i #improving

If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team. ↗

— Aly Raisman

#am #any #around #been #could

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ↗

— Sally Ride

#collect #hiking #i #i do #lot

I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He has many fans out there because of his great achievements and breaking world records in Olympics. I've done the same and it's a great honour. I'm happy and I'm happy for him. ↗

— David Rudisha

#because #bolt #breaking #done #fans

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back. ↗

— Angela Ruggiero

#enough #go #hard #hockey #i