Jonathan Brownlee Quotes

When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

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.

It's cool because here everybody has the same goal. We're all competing for our countries. We're all coming down here to do our best. And we all are the best athletes in our own countries.

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

Seriously, I love the Olympics so much it hurts.

I love South Florida; this is where I am from, so I don't think there is anything more rewarding than knowing that where you grew up is standing behind you and supporting you.

'Suena' is what the essence of the Olympics are about. There are the best athletes in the world up on one stage. The love and admiration and respect for each other is amazing to see.

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

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.

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

We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working.

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

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

I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.'

I'm just happy to be part of the family, the decathlon family.

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

Just being here at the Olympics is pretty incredible in itself. Seeing the unity of the athletes and to see how everyone has worked so hard to get here - and we are all so excited to be here - it's awesome to be able to experience it.

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

I represented Mexico trying to go to the Olympics.

We do our best to compete and show how good we are together. The game is more fun when I have my brother.