Olympic Quotes · Page 8

I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.

— Tom Stoppard

Coming out of the Olympic Games, I was the golden boy and I got put up on a pedestal. I got stuff…

— James DeGale

I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating…

— Adam Rippon

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

— DeMarcus Cousins

The country has to identify and promote raw talent. I have full faith that India will win Olympic gold in athletics sooner…

— P. T. Usha

Besides wrestling, in my younger years, I also competed in Olympic lifting and power lifting.

— Bruno Sammartino

An Olympic medal in athletics is still a dream for India. Milkha Singh is the torchbearer for young athletes to achieve that…

— P. T. Usha

Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.

— Mo Farah

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the…

— David Rudisha

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

— Tina Maze

In 1974 or 1975, if someone had told me I was going to be an Olympic champion, I would not have believed…

— Edwin Moses

When you are at the Olympic Games, it comes down to a ten thousandth of a hair between making the next round…

— Apolo Ohno

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my…

— Daley Thompson

The atmosphere in Sochi is unusual, in that we are surrounded by the Olympic complex. It is special to compete at a…

— Charles Leclerc

In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the…

— Dominique Moceanu

I've become Olympic champion six times and I've never taken a performance-enhancing drug in my life, but I was lucky in that…

— Chris Hoy

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

— Cathy Freeman

The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth.

— Avery Brundage

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.

— Paul Heyman

It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.

— Rudy Gobert

To be able to make the Olympic team was a surreal feeling, knowing where I started.

— Jerami Grant

Having an Olympic medal validates that you can be a successful freeskier... It's like a credential that sticks with you the rest…

— Gus Kenworthy

I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa…

— Angel Di Maria

Henry Cejudo is going to become the greatest combat athlete of all time, being an Olympic champ and a two-division champ in…

— Henry Cejudo

I will always be grateful for having that opportunity to be part of a home Olympic games. It is a memory I…

— Steph Houghton

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I see the opportunity to pursue an Olympic berth as a chance of a lifetime.

— MyKayla Skinner

I can freestyle for a while, but I'm not an Olympic swimmer who can go two or three miles.

— Rulon Gardner

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together…

— Joe Frazier

In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance.…

— Sebastian Coe

It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my…

— Tara Lipinski

It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.

— Mark Henry

I've been with Team Canada for a lot of World Cups and World Championships, and to be part of an Olympic team…

— Joe Thornton

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

— Bill Toomey

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

— Steve Backley

The fact that we're Olympic champions and we don't have any professional teams in our home country is pretty unacceptable.

— Stephanie Labbe

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

— Marion Jones

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

— Jackie Chan

People are saying I hold and spoil, but you don't get to win Olympic gold without a bit of power and ability.

— James DeGale

The Olympic movement has made a conscious attempt to make sports and disciplines urban in nature.

— Abhinav Bindra