Olympic Quotes · Page 10

“Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.”

— Steve Backley

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

— Tom Daley

Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are…

— Charlotte Casiraghi

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

— Abhinav Bindra

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

— Scott Hamilton

It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their…

— Abhinav Bindra

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

— Laurie Hernandez

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

— Tina Maze

“There are three types of people in this world. Firstly, there are people who make things happen. Then there are people who…

— Steve Backley

My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and…

— Apolo Ohno

Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.…

— Jahangir Khan

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells…

— Ai Weiwei

We are experiencing such large support for the Olympic relay that our advice is to stay in your neighbourhood, stay in your…

— Boris Johnson

I grew up dreaming about being an Olympic basketball player: Doug Collins getting smashed into the stanchion, making two free throws. Phil…

— Jeff Van Gundy

An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a…

— Hannah Kearney

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go…

— Mary Lou Retton

Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.

— Richard Attias

I'm thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.

— Simone Biles

People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be…

— Usain Bolt

I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.

— Michelle Kwan

To have full and multiple criteria is the best way to decide who is best prepared to be on that Olympic team.

— Ashley Wagner

Holmstrom has broken an Olympic record by being cross checked 46 times in one game!

— Harry Neale

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

— Fidel Castro

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

— Simone Biles

There is a pressure in this country that comes from being a boxer with an Olympic medal and then turning pro.

— James DeGale

I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there.

— Max Aaron

I think we should follow the Olympic charter and the guidelines as the whole world is following it.

— Abhinav Bindra

I want to be the European, Olympic, Commonwealth and world champion. I want the full set.

— Nicola Adams

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

— Brent Musburger

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

— Dorothy Hamill

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

— Taylor Phinney

If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The Olympic Games showed us that with self-discipline and dedication we can be champions.

— Anurag Thakur

The Olympic Games are a global celebration of our hopes, our ideals and our values.

— Laurel Hubbard

Anything can happen. Everybody is working to be on that team and to win the Olympic Games.

— Michelle Carter

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

— Clara Hughes

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and…

— Avery Brundage

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it…

— Allyson Felix

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

— Katie Taylor

To do a PB in an Olympic final - I'm pretty happy - you can't ask for more, that's the fastest time…

— Emma McKeon