Olympics Quotes
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Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident. I accepted those victories as I accept this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.
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I've been practicing. I bowled a 129, It was like special olympics or something.
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To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
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The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.
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I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.
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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.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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Olympics is everyone's dream.
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Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.
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If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
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My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.
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My biggest benching was before the 2012 Olympics. It kind of came out of nowhere. I just kind of had one bad half, 45 minutes, and it pretty much cost me my starting spot.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.
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In 2007, as a condition for hosting the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government removed restrictions barring Beijing-based journalists from leaving the capital without prior written permission.
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I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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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.
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The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.
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The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
