Olympic Quotes
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One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this claim. In figure skating, for instance, the novice practices only simple moves. After years of training, the skater then proceeds to the jumps and spins that make up an elite skater's program. But the novice rower, from day one, strives to duplicate a motion that he'll still be doing on the day of the Olympic finals.
Brad Alan Lewis
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You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a tour without having prepped for it would be suicide, literally.
Paul Stanley
Kiss
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Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.
Geraint Thomas
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No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.
Miranda Hart
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It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides.
Ed Ayres
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I was still in the college and they told me I should try it. At the time, I still thought I was going to be an Olympic softball player. But later, when I retired from softball in 2007, I decided to give bobsled a try. I emailed the coach and got invited to Lake Placid for a tryout and I never left.
Elana Meyers
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I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.
Caster Semenya
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As an athlete, my first Olympic experience was Sydney 2000. I remember seeing people getting medals, and I thought, 'Wow, that's where I want to be.'
Nick Dempsey
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The reality is being an Olympic windsurfer is bloody hard work, and it is a huge commitment.
Nick Dempsey
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My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.
Mirai Nagasu
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Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.
Misty May-Treanor