Olympic quotes that pierce the heart! Words of tears and inspiration

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.

Have you ever felt your heart swell at words spoken on the Olympic stage? The words of athletes who have overcome extreme tension and pressure have the power to move us beyond the realm of sport.

In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of memorable Olympic quotes.

In words steeped in effort, setbacks, and feelings for teammates, you may find yourself reflecting on your own daily life.

By the time you finish reading, you’ll surely feel a fresh surge of energy.

Find the words that resonate with you!

Olympic Quotes That Pierce the Heart! Words of Tears and Inspiration (11–20)

A strong will to never give up becomes the steps that carry you all the way to the summit.NEW!Narumi Takahashi

These are the words shared by Narumi Takahashi, who excelled as a figure skater, during her commentary, expressing the importance of continuing to move forward without giving up.

Even if the results aren’t what you hoped for, your efforts accumulate, and it is precisely beyond that steady accumulation that great achievements await.

By describing accumulated effort as a staircase and the act of climbing it, she conveys the idea of building effort in an easy-to-understand way.

These words make you feel the importance of working hard little by little and keeping on without giving up.

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Believe in the 1% chance, believe in yourself, and believe in what you’ve done.NEW!Yuto Horigome

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, skateboarder Yuto Horigome competed in the men’s final.

He put up a high score in his first run, but fell in his second and couldn’t improve his total.

Meanwhile, a strong American contender posted a big score, and Horigome entered his fifth and final attempt in provisional seventh place.

By landing a high-difficulty trick, he pulled off a brilliant comeback and won the gold medal.

Horigome spoke about times he nearly gave up and how he kept believing in even a 1% chance.

It’s a memorable quote that drives home the importance of never giving up.

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I won’t burn out until I win the gold medal.NEW!Hina Hayata

Hina Hayata is a Japanese table tennis player, known as one of Japan’s “golden generation of women’s table tennis” alongside Miu Hirano and Mima Ito.

“I won’t burn out until I win a gold medal”—these were her words in an interview during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

At the Paris Games, she lost in the first round of mixed doubles, won bronze in singles, and silver in the team event.

Despite competing while nursing a left wrist injury, she gave her all and moved people across Japan, yet the results were surely frustrating.

She also said, “Finishing with silver and bronze is a trial given by God.” We won’t be able to take our eyes off her at the Olympics in four years’ time!

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