02.15.06
Olympics Quotes - Olympic Games Quotes
Olympics Quotes
Olympic Games Quotes
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
- Sergei Bubka
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) - 37th US President (1969-74)
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Sydney is a friendly city where it doesn’t matter where you come from. We are all Australians together. We eat together, learn together, and play together, And that’s what the Olympics really mean to me. It’s bringing the young people of the world together to celebrate sport and friendship.
- Tanya Blencowe
We are not interested in getting revenge for Euro 2004 as some say. We are just really happy to participate in the Olympic Games when they take place in their country of origin.
- Jose Pratas Romao, Portugal’s football coach
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn’t in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I’d learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.
- Jesse Owens (1913-1980) - American Athlete, 4 time Gold Medalist in Track and Field at the 1936 Olympic Games
