15 Famous and Inspirational Olympic Quotes and Sayings

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.
– Rebecca Lobo

Every Olympics is something special. If you’re fortunate enough to play for your country – there’s just so much energy. It’s truly amazing.
– Venus Williams

The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition.
– Russell Mark

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.
– Pierre de Coubertin

An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.
– Chad le Clos

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.
– Nadia Comaneci

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.
– Pierre de Coubertin

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.
– Natalie Coughlin

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they’re done competing.
– Apolo Ohno

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.
– Kyle Shewfelt

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.
– Avery Brundage

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.
– Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.
– Jean Drapeau

You don’t win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
– Seth Godin

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
– Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Games are a national cause, and a national cause calls for a nationwide attitude.
– Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki