Daley Thompson Quotes

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

If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet.

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

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world.

If you are in your sport for your country, you should be able to go to the Olympic Games and represent your sport for your country bringing people together in the interests of sport. It's a fantastic Olympic ideal, and I uphold it as much as I can.

The Olympics have been an amazing part of Los Angeles' history. In many ways in 1932, they put us on the map when people didn't even know where Los Angeles was. In 1984, they were the first profitable Olympics of the modern era.

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.

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

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.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

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

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

The World Cup is a truly International event.

The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.

The World Cup focus is football. Team U.S.A. is more than football.

The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.

I competed in different places all over the world. I represented my country in the Pan-American championships.

That's something I've always wanted to do, compete against other countries.

It's - I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It's an international competition to foster friendship and - and competition across - across the planet, and I think that's exactly what the International Space Station is.