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  • I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities." They're almost like these icons who - I don't know how to say it, but like they can't make mistakes. But the reality is, and I'll tell you this firsthand, a lot of great athletes have a lot of insecurities, and they have a really hard time dealing with a lot of so-called losing or however you want to classify it.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

  • When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  • A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

    FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012
  • Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

  • You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

  • I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

    Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”
  • To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

    "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.
  • This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

  • To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

    Sebastian Coe, Nicholas Mason (1988). “The Olympians: A Quest for Gold: Triumphs, Heroes & Legends”
  • Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

  • There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

  • The potential for greatness lives within us all.

    "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
  • Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

    Athlete   Dancer   World  
  • Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done.

    Hero   Athlete   People  
  • For most Olympic athletes‚ their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians‚ training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.

    "Paralympics: 'since I lost my limbs I can see the true heroism of the competitors'" by Giles Duley, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.
  • Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

    "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.
  • Never put an age limit on your dreams.

    "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.
  • I had female role models to look up to starting in middle school, athletes like Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm who made me realize that there was room in the world of sports for women. They ignited my dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.

    Sports   Dream   Athlete  
  • I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

  • Much in the way Olympic athletes optimize their game by paying an enormous - borderline maniacal - amount of attention to things like diet, exercise, sleep, and of course the essential R&R, we all would do well to pay more attention to those key aspects of our lives that comprise our overall health equation.

    "Living Like an Olympian" by David B. Agus, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.
  • As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to hang out with my friends. I wanted to do something fun, and that's what I did

    Girl   Fun   Athlete  
    Source: www.glamour.com
  • Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

    Jobs   Athlete   Done  
  • You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.

    Athlete   Creative   Mind  
  • He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

    Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011
  • For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

  • Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four in the morning,” etc. Writing is not figure skating or skiing. Your mother will not make you a writer. My advice to any young person who wants to write is: leave home.

    Mother   Morning   Home  
    "Fiction in the Age of E-Books". The Atlantic Interview, www.theatlantic.com. 2010.
  • The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

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