#olympic

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero. ↗

— Kerri Walsh

#growing up #hero #jordan #michael #michael jordan

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it. ↗

— Kerri Walsh

#aspirations #children #give #go #go for it

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both. ↗

— Vera Wang

#both #doing #either #ended #expected

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#britain #great #great britain #monumental #need

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#china #constructed #event #experience #failed

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#competition #conceive #courage #designed #embody

The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global stage. But while China desires to understand the world, it fails to accept its universal values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#beijing #china #desires #effort #enter

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor. ↗

— Shaun White

#amazing things #done #flag #honor #i

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog. ↗

— Shaun White

#got #hold #i #into #just