Olympic Flame Quotes

Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.

I will never forget the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Each Olympics is different.

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. Do you know who lit the flame? Betty White.

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

I remember being glued to the TV as I watched the Olympics as a kid. There was something so magical, almost otherworldly, about the Olympics. My favorite part was that moment right before it all started. The moment where the athlete would stand up ready to face whatever lay ahead.

Sporting chivalrous contest helps knit the bonds of peace between nations. Therefore may the Olympic flame never expire.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

In our own country, we have seen America pay a terrible price for any form of discrimination, and we have seen us grow stronger as we have steadily let more and more of our hatreds and our fears go. As we have given more and more of our people the chance to live their dreams. That is why the flame of our Statue of Liberty, like the Olympic flame carried all across America by thousands of citizen heroes will always burn brighter than the flames that burn our churches, our synagogues, our mosques.

For me, I wouldn't mind if I never did another Olympics; nothing can beat London. The setting, the support, the military people. From start to finish, it was such fun. I had the most amazing time.

The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

I have a lot of very happy memories of the Olympic Games, and the final against Nigeria and the goal mean an awful lot to me.

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country that you're competing in to the Closing Ceremony.

I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it is lovely.

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

The Olympic movement is divided into two very distinct eras.