Edward Joseph Schwartz Quotes

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

Edward Joseph Schwartz

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• No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Me
  • Say
  • Pressure

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

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Remember
  • Always
  • Olympics

• If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.

  

  Dan Gable
  • You
  • Going
  • Olympics

• I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • Know
  • Against
  • Olympics

• Olympics is everyone's dream.

  

  Gagan Narang
  • Dream
  • Everyone
  • Olympics

• I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don't just want to be remembered as the guy who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Olympics - a one-hit wonder - I want to be an inspiration to the kids.

  

  Chad le Clos
  • Kids
  • Inspiration
  • Legacy

• Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.” He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • She
  • Hand
  • Taken

• It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Feeling
  • Winning
  • Gold

• The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • Pressure
  • Felt
  • Olympics

• My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • World
  • Kids
  • America

• You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Olympics
  • Allies
  • Insulting

• The Party leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, wanted to show the world China's new status. And in winning the bid, the leaders could show the people how strong the government was. Plus, the leadership wanted to use the Olympics to strengthen nationalist sentiment.

  

  Liu Xiaobo
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• When I was training for the Olympics, I didn't eat the way I should have. I missed out on much-needed protein and opted for every easy carb.

  

  Summer Sanders
  • Training
  • Eat
  • Olympics

• I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

  

  Phil Collins Genesis
  • Remember
  • Flights
  • First Class

• There's room for everybody - it's not the Olympics. I'd like to be on top, but if the album's successful, that's good enough.

  

  Joe Elliott Def Leppard
  • Successful
  • Room
  • Olympics

• The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.

  

  Sergei Bubka
  • Competition
  • Olympics

• I think that these were the best competitions, higher than Olympics.

  

  Alexey Leonov
  • Best
  • Olympics
  • Competitions

• It was a different time for Aspen. So many people did not want the Olympics here. They just didn't think it was the place to have it. People wanted to ski and get away from whatever.

  

  John Callahan
  • Time
  • Place
  • Olympics

• Creation takes things forward. Without anything new there is no progress. Creation equals new.

  

  Rei Kawakubo
  • Progress
  • Creation
  • Forward

• I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • American
  • Said
  • Once

• An oath, sir, is an end of all strife, and it is God's ordinance.

  

  Anna Hutchison
  • God
  • Ends
  • Strife

• As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Change
  • Dreaming
  • Novelist

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

  

  Edward Joseph Schwartz
  • Olympics
  • Equals
  • First Class