Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

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.

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

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.

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 Olympics are never just about sports.

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

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

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

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

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

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

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

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

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

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.

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