Olympic Spirit Quotes:

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Race, Age, Olympic Spirit, Olympism

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

- Brian Boitano

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Motivational, Perseverance, Athlete, Olympic Spirit

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Hockey, Winning, Advice, Olympic Medals, Olympics Games

There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.

- Chris Brasher

topic: Athlete, Soul, Olympics, Indefinable, Olympics Games

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

- Wilma Rudolph

source: "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Influence And Power, Inspirational Athlete

It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the process -- what you learn about yourself by challenging yourself, the experiences you share with other people, the honesty the training demands -- those are things nobody can take away from you whether you finish twelfth or you're an Olympic Champion.

- Silken Laumann

topic: Running, Honesty, People, Challenge Yourself, Olympic Spirit

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Olympic Games, Most Important Things In Life, Olympism, Olympics Games, Olympic Spirit

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.

- John Towner Williams

topic: Country, Competition, Healthy, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

source: "The Olympian". Book by Peter L. Dixon, 1984.

topic: Struggle, Winning, Games, Olympic Games, Olympism

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Mean, Hands, Games, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Motivational, Sports, Track, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

- Herb Elliott

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Spiritual, Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Victory, Important, Life Is, Olympic Games, Teacher Student

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

- Mary Lou Retton

topic: Athlete, Olympics, Tests, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

- Dawn Fraser

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Sports, Excellence, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

- Peggy Fleming

topic: Leadership, Sports, Love You, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

- Brian Boitano

source: "Figure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.

topic: Sports, Athlete, Achievement, Olympic Spirit

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.

- Julia Mancuso

topic: Hard Work, Athlete, Careers, Olympic Spirit

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

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Athlete, Games, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

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

source: "Ai Weiwei: China excluded its people from the Olympics. London is different". www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2012.

topic: Believe, Games, People, Olympic Spirit