Quotes of: Olympism Keyword

Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged.

Chris Jericho

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

Daley Thompson

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

Ryan Lochte

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.

Avery Brundage

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

Richard Attias

I'd always said that I'd like to have a title by the next Olympics, so this is a great opportunity, and could be the start of my climb to a world title.

Billy Joe Saunders

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

Mary Kom

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

Paula Radcliffe

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

Hope Solo

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.

Janine Shepherd

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.

Bela Karolyi

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

Eric Shanteau

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.

Evan Sayet

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

Clara Hughes

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

Daley Thompson

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

Boris Johnson

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

Ban Ki-moon

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

George Pataki

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

Kim Yuna