Taufik Hidayat Quotes

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

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.

To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill for me. I don't think there was another team in any sport with that high level of athletes playing together.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.

One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.

It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it's all about the Olympics.

If I could have played in the qualifying rounds for the Beijing Olympics, the result could have changed. India would have booked the Olympics berth.

I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.

The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt.

When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that's where I wanted to be. I went to the Commonwealth Games and got silver there, but the three years I was on the team it was London-this, London-that. It was all preparation for the Olympics.

I've always said the Olympics are special to me.

I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.

I'm going to win a gold medal.

As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.

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 think we could really play the Olympics.

As a fan of skiing and surfing, I take great interest in Olympics.

The Olympics has solely been around other sports as far as Great Britain has been considered.

I grew up snowboarding in two of the best states for the sport: Colorado and Utah. The world-class ski mountains in these neighboring states were key factors that allowed me to represent our country in two Olympics and numerous X Games.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.