Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Feather

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.

Olga Korbut

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.

Olga Korbut

Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without Olga.

Olga Korbut

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

Olga Korbut

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Carly Patterson

Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal in gymnastics.

Kerri Strug

It's important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day - as that is what separates the good from the great.

Mary Lou Retton

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Mitch Gaylord

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

Ben Howland

Just so you know, our goal is to not let you ram it down our throat.

Joby Scroggs

I talked to them a long time in the locker room afterwards, looked several in the eye. It was a heartfelt thing - hopefully they've set some goals they truly want to accomplish.

Dave Clark

He's a big kid, but he has great reflexes. He can come out of goal. He has great hands and a solid goal kick.

Brian Henderson

I think it's a realistic goal for us, too.

Jeff Wood

I thought we were still okay being down one goal. But, scoring the second goal late in the period really put us in a bind.

Mike Thibault

I think the maturity of going through last hear helps us. We need to come out and get ready to go right away. We've been through it now two years in a row. This is our goal when we started out and now we're here to go about it.

Ken Beck

I think their goals are set a little higher. They are going to be pretty competitive.

Jack Parker

I thought getting that first goal helped us get jacked up a bit.

Mike Dunham

It hit the inside of my glove and squeaked through. That's a goal I have to have. No question about it.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history --which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addressed by Messrs. Xenophon, Herodotus and other popular speakers.

Mizuki Noguchi

In making comparisons, in Athens I just ran my hardest to win, whereas in Berlin the key was maintaining the tempo,

Liu Xiang

I hope to be at the starting line of the finals at Athens and win a medal at Beijing,

Giselle Davies

It's due to general judging issues that remain unresolved since the Athens Olympics.

Paula Radcliffe

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The law in Athens is true in Rome

Alan Culpepper

For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare to run the marathon at your pace,

Victor Snyder

It really does help. Games like Athens are important for us to play.

Ryk Neethling

Athens was not the end, but the beginning, ... Some people might have been happy (with the medals in Athens), but not me. Since then we've been going faster and faster, and now we're on top of the world.