I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was able to win the gold medal. I try not to feel the pressure, and I try not to be nervous when I am on the ice and when ...
At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one.
I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.
I wrote 'Yellow Submarine' for the Beatles. I wrote the screenplay for 'The Games,' about the Olympic Games. I wrote 'Love Story,' both the novel and the screenplay. I wrote 'RPM' for Stanley Kramer. Plus, I wrote two scholarly books and a 400-page t...
First and foremost, my involvement within the Olympic pursuit and Games were obviously surrounded by only putting the absolute best nutrients into my body.
Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.
We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.
Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.
Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission.
Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
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.
I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.
