Quotes About The Spirit Of The Olympic Games

#1. In the spirit of the Olympic Games, they traditionally ask that all fighting and warfare around the world stop. So, there's hope for a ceasefire within the Jackson family.

Jay Leno

#2. I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

Ai Weiwei

#3. I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.

Ian Botham

#4. We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.

Casey Stengel

#5. Doubts [can] be swept away only by deeds.

Winston S. Churchill

#6. A guy whose name has become its own verb, and synonymous with trouble.

Nicole Williams

#7. In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.

Pierre De Coubertin

#8. I get lost in you," I whisper, wishing I could see her face but not wanting to move her. "Mm," she says. "But it's the kind of lost that's like being found.

Kristen Proby

#9. The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.

Lakshmi Mittal

#10. Is that theory true which would have us believe that man is no more than a product of many conditional and environmental factors -

Viktor E. Frankl

#11. Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#12. Dostoevsky's hero is not only a discourse about himself and his immediate environment, but also a discourse about the world; he is not only cognizant, but an ideologist as well. The

Mikhail Bakhtin

#13. It spun end over end in a lazy arc. She caught it thoughtlessly, easily, ready to fight.

B.R. Sanders

#14. I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

Erykah Badu