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The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the World.
Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing experience.
I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.'
My dad went to the Olympics, so he has that one over me. So if I go there, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to say anymore.
I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics!
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
Were it my choice, I would not vote for Russia to hold the Winter Olympics or the Summer Olympics. But it's not my choice.
I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.
I watched the Olympics in 2012 in London, and there were so many great performances there, so many people, so many sports.
When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.
I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.
I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
I've been dealing with the Special Olympics since I was young. On Sundays I used to go help monitor little soccer practices.
It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it's all about the Olympics.
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.
Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Rio will have to look after the legacy of infrastructure. But it's unclear who will run the sports centres after the Olympics.
With golf becoming part of the Olympics now, it is even more imperative that more of the middle class get access to the sport.
The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me.
Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.
My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race.
It's like a dream for me, participating in the Olympics, it's so important for my career and I hope to win the gold medal here.
I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.
The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.
Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.
My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.
I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
It means a lot; I always love to represent my country, and it's an honor to be part of the Olympics and be with other athletes.
Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16.
I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and that's what I want to show.
There used to be a lot more politics in the Olympics, when the Soviet Bloc committed a lot of resources for propaganda purposes.
The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.
At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against you.
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
Improv Olympics, Second City are some of the most tolerant, accepting people. They're like circus folk. They're freaks themselves.
The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium.
Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.
I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.
I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know.
I never dreamt of the Olympics growing up. It's not something that I watched on TV; it's not something my parents ever talked about.
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.
Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.
The Olympics, as a little kid, it was such a big goal that I created for myself, and I was able to push through and make that happen.
When they did the Olympics in Seoul - or elsewhere - didn't each host country try to show its greatness to the world viewing audience?