Olympic Quotes · Page 6

Hopefully before I'm done, I can be on an Olympic team.

— Kevin Durant

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

— Adam Ondra

He's been breaking Olympic records like ninepins

— Des Lynam

Tennis is not really a traditional Olympic sport.

— John Isner

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

— Tessa Virtue

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the…

— Alexander Ovechkin

I remember watching the 1992 Barcelona Games on TV, and I watched Limba Ram shoot. That was my first exposure to the…

— Abhinav Bindra

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.'…

— Claressa Shields

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.

— Nastia Liukin

I've played in many different environments and at the highest level at an Olympic Games.

— Stephanie Labbe

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

— P. T. Usha

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

We don't like to be forced off our own tour, onto foreign soil, to qualify for our Olympic teams. That's ridiculous.

— Karch Kiraly

Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my…

— David Rudisha

What I find about Olympic games is there's so many fantastic stories, and the celebration of sport, and to be involved in…

— Scott Moir

I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To…

— Daniel L. Doctoroff

My school has a bunch of actors and professional kids, like Chloe Grace Moretz, Odeya Rush, and Olympic gymnasts. Basically, anyone who…

— Peyton List

Nagpur to Kanyakumari and Kashmir, future Olympic medallists can come from anywhere. It is the passion that drives you, not the city,…

— P. V. Sindhu

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes…

— Johnny Weir

America's seen me go from Olympic glory to 'Biggest Loser'. I want to go back to Olympic glory again. It's kind of…

— Rulon Gardner

What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so…

— Kurt Browning

The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see too many Olympic gold…

— Kurt Angle

Sustainability goes across everything I do with Adidas and everything I do with my own house, so the Olympic kit is no…

— Stella McCartney

“I would by all means have men beware, lest Aesop 's pretty fable of the fly that sate on the pole of…

— Francis Bacon

People are always shocked to hear I'm an athlete by profession and even more shocked when they hear I'm a fencer from…

— Ibtihaj Muhammad

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

— Sandeep Singh

“If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people are unwilling to do. —Michael Phelps, winner…

— Mark Minervini

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

— Michael Phelps

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

How can you top an Olympic gold other than, you know, getting a second Olympic gold?

— Stephanie Labbe

Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.

— Casey Eastham

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

— Simone Biles

I've never played the Olympic Club. I have played Lytham, but only some amateur events. I haven't played Kiawah.

— Luke Donald

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work…

— Yoel Romero

I want to break the world record, win Olympic gold and win World Championship gold.

— Armand Duplantis

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals.

— Mary Lou Retton

I did not know about awards. I just wanted to break the world record and the Olympic record.

— Milkha Singh

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

— Tori Bowie

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

— Max Aaron