#olympic

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#essential #essential thing #fighting #games #important

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#all nations #games #must #nations #olympic

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#olympic #olympic games #overwhelming #pressure #real

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#art #because #compete #discipline #even

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! ↗

— Tom Daley

#allowed #celebrate #eighteen #going #i

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

#event #just #midst #more #much

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#charts #competitive #course #election #formula

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#apple pie #country #cream #felt #flag

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#am #around #athlete #because #breathe

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anything #coach #could #except #gym