Olympism Quotes (page 7)

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• running
• liked
• way

No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner. Bruce McCulloch

• great
• greatness
• city

Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City. Jane D. Hull

• dream
• goals
• champion

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal. Sarah Hughes

• dream
• olympic medals
• allowing

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents. Clara Hughes

• humanity
• beauty
• feeling

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment. Clara Hughes

• reflection
• communication
• new

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of. Christa McAuliffe

• game
• real
• together

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together. Oscar Pistorius

• help
• helpful
• game

I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all. Oscar Pistorius

• look
• time
• looking forward

I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London. Oscar Pistorius

• father
• giving
• words

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

• winning
• gold
• win

Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year. Tom Daley

• thinking
• winning
• today

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today. Tom Daley

• celebration
• old
• savings

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! Tom Daley

• discipline
• great
• art

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. Richard M. Daley

• people
• communication
• country

I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting. Richard M. Daley