Mary Pilon Quotes

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

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.

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

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

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

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

No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

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

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

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

It is effectively a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved, and the chance to win an Olympic medal would be amazing.

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

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.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

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

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

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

My father represented India at the Olympics, and I also want to do that.