Mary Lou Retton Quotes

I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't society use sports as a way to bring people together and create change?

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

I know tennis is just a game, but it's something that it can actually unite us even more.

Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.

As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be.

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

I was playing catch with the European audience.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

I've been fortunate enough to have football lead me all over the world... If there's one constant I've witnessed throughout the journey, it has to be passion.

The All-Star Game represents everything we as a nation love about basketball on and off the court - diversity, sportsmanship and, most of all, a commitment to unite fans.

I think sports are meant to unite people.

Football is wonderful because no one is right: there's no absolute truth.

When you play sports, when you're on a team with people from different walks of life, and you have to look after each other and count on each other, race and all that stuff goes out the window when you are in the locker room.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

I think football in general globally has a unique way of uniting people instead of dividing people.

That's what is cool about football: you build life-long relationships.