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I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.
Lauren Gibbs
Dreams
Sports
Thought
Kid
Those
About
Something
Lifetime
Like
Felt
Always
Were
Often
Loved
Olympics
Growing up, there wasn't an exact Hispanic role model that I had. I didn't realize how big a difference I was making, going to the Olympics and being Hispanic, until I would be in an autograph session, and parents would come up to me and say, 'You know, our family is so proud of you, you're really doing Hispanics proud.'
Laurie Hernandez
Family
Me
You
Parents
Big
Our
Say
Would
Would-Be
Exact
Had
Come
Know
Until
Proud
How
Making
Doing
Hispanic
Hispanics
Up
Model
Role
Role Model
Going
Difference
Being
Autograph
Realize
Really
Growing
Growing Up
Session
Olympics
Basically, I was a little bit nervous before competing beam at the Olympics, and I had this nervous thing to just talk to myself, like 'You can do it, you can do it.' And right before I hopped up there, I said, 'I got this.'
Laurie Hernandez
Myself
You
You Can Do It
Nervous
Before
Bit
Beam
Had
Like
Talk
Said
Got
Up
Just
Little
Little Bit
Right
Thing
Competing
Basically
Olympics
I knew when I started gymnastics, I wanted to have a lot of fun and eventually go to the Olympics. On the moments where I felt really down, I just remembered, 'You're almost there. Just keep going. Keep working hard.'
Laurie Hernandez
You
Down
Gymnastics
Remembered
Knew
Almost
Felt
Go
Lot
Going
Just
Where
Wanted
Really
Working
Working Hard
Hard
Fun
Moments
Keep
Keep Going
Eventually
Started
Olympics
Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics.
Laurie Hernandez
Great
Opportunity
First
Latina
Having
Gymnastics
Over
Because
Go
Years
Compete
Olympics
When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'
Laurie Hernandez
Man
Joking
Like
Around
Always
Go
Oh
Wanna
Olympics
When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived up exactly to that.
Laurie Hernandez
You
Big
Expectation
Thinking
Kid
Exactly
About
Like
Up
Just
Little
Little Kid
Lived
Olympics
I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
Leander Paes
Art
Achieve
Focus
Parents
Field
Corporate
Bronze
India
Excellence
Tennis
Emulate
Always
Motivating
Been
Won
Hockey
Wanted
Whether
Youngsters
Acting
Dad
Mum
Basketball
Olympics
As a fan of skiing and surfing, I take great interest in Olympics.
Lee Min-ho
Great
Take
Surfing
Fan
Interest
Skiing
Olympics
I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
Lee Trevino
Respect
Met
Tremendous
Tremendous Respect
Once
Circumstances
Individual
Remarkable
He
Did
Olympics
I trained with Olympics Athlete Jeanette Kwakye - who is amazing! And Shani Anderson, who is an excellent Olympic runner. We trained five times a week; running, circuits, weights, working out in the gym, and on the track. It was an insane time.
Lily James
Time
Amazing
Insane
Out
Anderson
Runner
Running
Athlete
Gym
Excellent
Week
Weights
Track
Five
Times
Trained
Working
Who
Olympic
Olympics
I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.
Lin Dan
Best
Day
Every Day
Practice
Every
Rio
Winning
Gold
Need
Third
Olympics
My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.
Lindsey Vonn
Win
Cake
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Dream
Done
Childhood
Childhood Dream
Icing
Olympics
It's very special that the Olympics is in London. As a first Olympic experience, it's going to be pretty incredible.
Lizzie Armitstead
Experience
First
Incredible
London
Pretty
Very
Going
Special
Olympic
Olympics
My family will be disappointed only if I'm disappointed, and hopefully that won't be the case. I'm trying to view the Olympics like any other race and I think the London course will suit my style.
Lizzie Armitstead
Family
Will
Style
Think
Other
Hopefully
London
Case
Only
Disappointed
Like
Course
Trying
Any
Race
View
Olympics
Suit
The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.
Lolo Jones
You
People
Opportunities
Take Advantage
Every
Once
Only
Both
Inspiration
Take
Support
Advantage
Sponsors
Years
Your
Help
Who
Four
Olympics
The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.
Louis Bacon
You
Ability
Winning
Jordan
Like
Well
Michael
Michael Jordan
Manage
Gold
Being
Aspire
Large
Assets
Olympics
But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.
Louis Tomlinson
You
Brilliant
Country
Year
Our
Bit
Promote
Athletes
Know
Proud
Historic
Very
Did
Done
Compare
Britain
British
Olympics
Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.
Lucy Powell
Success
Made
Example
National
Cycling
Winners
Part
For Example
Said
Been
Trained
Manchester
Beijing
Centre
Team
Medal
Olympics
One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.
Lydia Ko
You
People
Goals
Will
Country
Everyone
Able
Understand
Go
Get
Represent
Your
Many
Play
Player
Olympics
Ever since they announced that golf would be returning to the Olympics, I thought, 'Hey, I wanna get myself on the team.' It has always been my dream.
Lydia Ko
Myself
Thought
Hey
Dream
Would
Would-Be
Since
Announced
Returning
Always
Been
Get
Wanna
Golf
Team
Ever
Olympics
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
Ma Jian
World
Stage
Status
Superpower
Entrance
Onto
New
Represent
Beijing
Confirmation
Grand
China
World Stage
Olympics
On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
Ma Jian
People
Face
Party
Lost
Won
China
Chinese
Chinese People
Communist
Communist Party
Olympics
Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with nature. We need to ask ourselves, what legacy do we want to leave behind on humankind's urban culture?
Ma Yansong
Nature
Culture
Architecture
Our
Ourselves
Has-Been
More
Since
Make
How
Leave
Been
Legacy
Discussing
Office
Behind
Human
Beijing
Want
Urban
Ask
Humankind
Need
Olympics
I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
Malcolm Gladwell
Dreams
Those
Never
Had
Making
Olympics
I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.
Marion Jones
First
Those
Pretty
Well
Were
Did
Games
Sydney
Olympics
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