Freeman Dyson Quotes

I think we could really play the Olympics.

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

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

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.

An ounce of algebra is worth of a ton of verbal argument.

I remember having this vague idea that what mathematicians did was that some authority, someone, gave them problems to solve, and they just sort of solved them.

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious moments.

I hope I will get a chance to compete in the Olympics.

I'd love to have another chance to represent my country in the Olympics. If I'm healthy, absolutely... I'm very realistic when it comes to goals. I think it will all depend on my health.

I play sport all the time.

The reason the gifted students of the world like Khan Academy is because we don't say, 'Memorize this formula,' but say, 'Let's try to derive it from core principles,' or, 'I forgot my trig identity, so I'm going to just try to prove this to you.'

As the prerogative of Natural Science is to cultivate a taste for observation, so that of Mathematics is, almost from the starting point, to stimulate the faculty of invention.

When I was in school, my favorite subject was math. I took algebra and calculus. At an early age I grasped it and understood it quickly. I just enjoyed breaking the codes and solving problems.

I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.

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.

I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.

I never failed in mathematics. Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.

I love the Olympics. I love the idea of something happening every four years. I've always had love for Bulgaria, and I've always been a Bulgarian. That's also really part of why I want to play it. I know it's tough for the calendar, but at the same time, it's the Olympics.

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

I go out and play not for the numbers, but for a chance to win and the thrill of playing in front of a packed crowd.