Sentences with phrase «not olympians»

Despite popular belief, they are not Olympians in training, they are just like you, looking to squeeze in a quick workout.

Not exact matches

I don't think the Des Moines airport has ever been so busy with the exception of the Special Olympics, when 200 Cessna Citations brought the Olympians to Des Moines in one day.

Maybe so, but the money paid to Paralympians isn't nearly what Olympians earn — at least in the U.S. «In the U.K., they're commanding seven figures in endorsement deals,» said Snyder, citing the London Paralympics as the bellwether.

You might not be an entrepreneur, an Olympian, or a billionaire (or even want to be), but their secrets just might help you to get more done in less time and help you stop feeling so overworked and overwhelmed.

Most U.S. Olympians not named Michael Phelps, Serena Williams or Gabby Douglas who win a gold, silver, or bronze medal this year will receive little more than the U.S. Olympic Committee's respective $ 25,000, $ 15,000, or $ 10,000 for their troubles.

«The next athletes who come out won't be «gay Olympians.»

Even a child of gilded Olympians furnished with full support of the state can't guarantee a stuck landing.

An Olympian's calendar is no doubt a packed one — but that didn't stop Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, and Simone Biles from taking time out to pose together for Sports Illustrated.

From this year's crop of winners, if P&G's «Pick Them Back Up» tribute to Olympian moms didn't do it, then Honda's homage to the late racing driver Ayrton Senna would.

«Our Olympian and Paralympic athletes should be worried about breaking world records, not breaking the bank, when they earn a medal,» Schumer said in an August press release.

And while it is every Olympian's dream to come home with a medal, it does not always go according to plan.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea Ice dance legends announced their retirement, a five - time Olympian pairs skater finally gained gold, and two North Koreans won hearts if not medals in an Olympics packed with more drama than usual even for figure skating.

What are Team USA athletes — Olympians, Paralympians and hopefuls — up to when they're not competing?

Along with other Winter Olympians, Uhlaender has had to deal not only with suspense over whether a Sochi medal might come to her after all but also the possibility that Olympians who flouted the rules will be in PyeongChang.

But we persist in the struggle because we think it is our simple duty to do so, and we frankly do not take it well that so many of our fellow intellectuals — who if they can not join us in the struggle could at least offer moral support — prefer instead to strike ostentatiously Olympian poses above the fray and to chide us for our combative ways.

You remember how MUSLIMS killed all of those Jewish Olympians for their allah, don't you??

Muslims are not required to fast if they are travelling, which Olympians surely are.

The two - way conversation model reminds us that theology can not presume to look down upon human sexuality from some unaffected, Olympian vantage point.

The Olympian gods were ultimate but not spiritual powers.

Just another reminder that, no matter how filled with Olympic spirit you get, remember that you are not technically an Olympian and, even if you are, you can't swim across an ocean.

He is not capricious like the Olympians of ancient Greece or entirely beyond human comprehension like Allah.

If it wasn't for this i'm sure i would have been a great Olympian

While Olympiads are not at war they are competing for the glory and honor of their countries, and therefore an Olympian should be exempted from the requirement to fast during Ramadan just as a soldier is.

Risky Business Olympian Curt Clausen researches the more than two dozen products he uses, but labels may not tell the whole story

«If you know me, there wasn't any doubt that I was coming back,» said Rizzotti, who scored eight points, had five assists and battled head - to - head against former Olympian Dawn Staley of the Rage before an appreciative crowd of 8,676.

Brigham Young has not given up on Finns but will try a 6» 10» Yugoslav Olympian at center.

«It's all about building relationships,» said Bessette, a former Olympian who doesn't really like calling traveling around and talking to professional golfers a «work.»

Said Spitz, 54, who addressed the group at a dinner on Saturday, «Doc taught us all one thing: We were special, whether we were Olympians or not.»

It used to be that we didn't watch wrestling all the time, but every four years we'd pay attention, either to Dan Gable, the 1972 Olympian who later coached Iowa to 15 national titles, or Rulon Gardner, who famously defeated Aleksandr Karelin in the 2000 games, or other grapplers.

And also, it's not like anyone is turning pro off your wrestling team (most likely there are no future Olympians on the mat), or off the boys basketball team, or even the girls basketball team.

This year's meet included, along with ceremonies honoring famous New Jersey Olympians, a relay for former Jets and Giants, and a Bill Cosby Celebrity Relay, featuring not only Cosby but also, among others, U.S. Senator Alan Cranston and boxer Mark Breland.

Frenn says he isn't gay — he agreed to participate at the request of organizer Tom Waddell, a friend and fellow Olympian.

Update: Video was a hoax pulled by Jimmy Kimmel If American Olympian Kate Hansen isn't showing off her great pre-routine dance or posting twerking videos, she's apparently filming dogs that look like wolves in her Sochi hotel halls.

In the United States, the Olympics aren't about the Olympians, most of whom toil in obscurity for years and compete for free at the Games.

Yet notice: Barcelona Olympians tickled and batted each other not with delicate rosebuds but with bunches of tough Mediterranean herbs, which can flavor a stew long into winter.

I'm also not sure how one judges the success or failure of the endeavor — TV ratings, spectator - lined fairways (organizers are reportedly giving tickets away so NBC doesn't show the Olympians playing in front of crickets and capybaras), exciting matches, controversy?

«As her coach, it was hard not to notice her desire to get better and how seriously she takes every opportunity she has,» said Benson, who played for the Women's National Team and was an Olympian in 2004 and 2008.

Icardi's goal in the 36th second of the game — set up by an Olympian thrown in from Perisic who must have spotted that Verona's central defence still had sleep in their eyes and had not heeded the message of Icardi's short video — was an example of this.

If we can subscribe to the Olympian view that «it is not the winning but the taking part» then we, and another dozen or so clubs, can put aside the unfortunate fact that there is almost zero chance of winning the competition that we have entered and get on with simply taking part.

Okay, so it's not exactly green news, but I just had to give a shout out to Michael Phelps, the all time, leading Olympian in...

Teen Olympians may not be aware of their impact on the health of other kids and teens.

Just because they are Olympians, doesn't mean they are more mature or skipping through the normal developmental stage of adolescence.

Four - time Olympic women's ice hockey medalist Angela Ruggiero says that starting ice hockey at age 10 is not too late to become an Olympian; that some of her Olympic teammates, in fact, didn't start until age 12 or 13.

So perhaps it was fate that brought me to Salt Lake City fifty years later to the day on a crisp afternoon in the Wasatch Mountains under a brilliant azure blue sky, far from my New England home, to celebrate, not only my birthday with my sons and numerous friends, but the bronze medal performance of another U.S. Olympian, Chris Klug, who was just as glad to be taking part as I was, no doubt more.

While Elmo promotes fruit and vegetables (along with Mrs. Obama), teen Olympians appeared in food ads for food products that aren't ideal.

Tootsies not only come in adorable designs, but are the brainchild of a 5 - time Olympian who realized that compression socks would help pregnant mamas with the swelling of the feet and prevention and reduction of spider and varicose veins.

If you did not grow up under a rock then you should know this name, Iris; goddess of the rainbows and messenger of the Olympian gods.

Non-disabled people are not urged to go out and «overcome», to become olympians with a «can do» attitude - so why are disabled people?

The paralympians, like the olympians are a group of people who represent sporting excellence - but we do not see headlines declaring that olympians have transcended their «everydayness».

Our mountains are not «Olympian.»