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• Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

  Elizabeth R. Schwartz

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Treated

• Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush’s efforts, Afghanistan hasn’t actually had an election.

  Peter Schuyler

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Olympics

• It’s something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

  David Rudisha

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Breaking

• I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.

  David Rudisha

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Medal, Olympics

• I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

  David Rudisha

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Won, Olympics

• I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He has many fans out there because of his great achievements and breaking world records in Olympics. I’ve done the same and it’s a great honour. I’m happy and I’m happy for him.

  David Rudisha

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Bolt

• I don’t think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it’s just going to stress me out and get me worried.

  Missy Franklin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Stress, Olympics

• When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I’ve always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

  Bryn Terfel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Emotional

• Looking back, I’m so proud to have gone to five Olympics – I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

  Gail Devers

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Proud, Olympics

• That’s one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we’ve never watched and all of a sudden it’ll be the biggest thing ever.

  Gary Lineker

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Magical, Things

• This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

  Bonnie Blair

  Topics in Sad

  Tags in Olympics

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics

• Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

  Eric Shanteau

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Parent, Proud, Myself, Olympics

• Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.

  Eric Shanteau

  Topics in Life

  Tags in People, Olympics

• I know there’s life after the Olympics.

  Eric Shanteau

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Olympics

• Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, ‘I want to make an Olympic team. That’s where I want to be.’

  Eric Shanteau

  Topics in Dream

  Tags in Olympics, Swimming

• And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in ’94 and ’98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.

  Elvis Stojko

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Players, Pressure

• My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

  Cathy Freeman

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  Tags in Real, Olympics

• I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I’m 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.

  Cathy Freeman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Olympics, Australian

• When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father’s words that I was hearing, not the coaches’. ‘I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

  Floyd Mayweather Jr

  Topics in Father

  Tags in Prison, Olympics