After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
Brandi Chastain

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.
Bill Toomey

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.
Graeme Murphy

And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.
Elvis Stojko

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.
Rick Larsen

At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one.
Shannon Miller

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.
Evan Sayet

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.
Shannon Miller

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.
Sugar Ray Leonard

Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan hasn't actually had an election.
Peter Schuyler

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

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
Richard M. Nixon

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
Mary Lou Retton

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.
Mark Spitz

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.
Marion Jones

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
Sally Ride

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

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.
Brian Boitano

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.
Cathy Freeman

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
Lee Trevino