#olympics

I'd like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair. ↗

— Melanie Roach

#anything #anything is possible #children #decision #family

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion. ↗

— David Rudisha

#champion #end #games #good #i

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football. ↗

— Hope Solo

#come #cups #female #football #olympics

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics. ↗

— David Rudisha

#olympics #record #something #special #world

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. ↗

— John Williams

#between #competition #cooperation #countries #healthy

As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is wrong that the IOC refuses to have a minute's silence for Israeli athletes that were slaughtered in Munich. ↗

— Brian Williams

#enter #i #israel #israeli #known

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it. ↗

— Dorothy Hamill

#days #different #had #i #olympics

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#ago #atmosphere #completely #different #enjoy

The Olympics must be my curse or something. ↗

— Blanka Vlasic

#must #olympics #something

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

— Ai Weiwei

#britain #great #great britain #monumental #need