Diana Lopez Quotes

It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden.

I love the Olympics.

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.

I have always loved the Summer Olympics.

The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

Sports is an imitation of war - it is peaceful, without arms, but there is fierce rivalry in it. Sports demonstrate that Russia is a great power.

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

It is an honor to represent my country in the Olympics.

I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.

We're trying to win a World Cup for our country, and I think everyone who supports football can get behind that.

The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.

Regardless of where we play, we should play India on regular basis.

When they did the Olympics in Seoul - or elsewhere - didn't each host country try to show its greatness to the world viewing audience?

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

When I played for the first time against France, I wanted more.

To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.

In the World Cup, you have to respect every team.

The World Cup has been life-changing, for many reasons.