Olympics Quotes · Page 26

I made driving mistakes in Sochi that cost me gold, and I'll torture myself for the rest of my life about that!

— Elana Meyers

Getting a medal is not a small feat, irrespective of what color it is.

— Jwala Gutta

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

— Bill Bowerman

It is effectively a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved, and the chance to win an Olympic medal would be amazing.

— Jack Rodwell

I don't know how many great Brazilians have played in the Olympics and not been able to win it.

— Neymar

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

— Gracie Gold

I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a…

— Lauren Gibbs

“If there were an Olympics for kidding yourself, I’d take home the gold.”

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

It took me two years to get an appointment with Mr. Suga who cut my hair for the Olympics. Who knew? I…

— Dorothy Hamill

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the…

— Sebastian Coe

The medal just was an object, just a medal, and that's it. What really meant something was the blood, the sweat, the…

— Henry Cejudo

I'd always said that I'd like to have a title by the next Olympics, so this is a great opportunity, and could…

— Billy Joe Saunders

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move…

— Brian Boitano

I think skateboarding is hugely challenging - it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps…

— Tony Hawk

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of…

— Carly Patterson

Everybody wants to come out and win the gold, and sometimes it takes a personal best, sometimes it doesn't. But to be…

— Michelle Carter

[Piper] rushed to get dressed. By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for…

— Rick Riordan

“DUTCH MASTERS: Historic Olympic Dominance AP SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Jorrit Bergsma set an Olympic record and led another Dutch speedskating sweep…

— Anonymous

Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that.…

— Ryan Lochte

Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell…

— Janet Evans

We're trying to learn from [Olympic] Beijing, which could be very intimidating. We've learned to expect it's power, it majesty and that…

— Danny Boyle

Well that's a bit of a question like saying, what have you learned in life that would help you lead? My whole…

— Mitt Romney

I look at sport and competition as something that has been personally enormously beneficial to me. It's helped me create life skills.…

— Joey Cheek

If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained…

— Pink Floyd

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

— Nathan Chen

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot…

— Carolina Kostner

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

— Patrick Chan

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

— David Letterman

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

— Hannah Kearney

You can slide on my ice like the Escapade and itchy-gitchy-yaya with the marmalade.

— Lil Kim

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party.…

— Ma Jian

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

— Paul Coffey

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

— Adam Ondra

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

— Natalie du Toit

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

— Apolo Ohno

I am pretty pleased. I will be on the Olympic podium, so you can't be more happy.

— Emma McKeon

What we get paid to do is peak at the world championships and Olympics.

— Christian Coleman

Slip and slide on subway grates these shoes are poor mans ice skates fall through like change in the daylight.

— Matt And Kim

After Russia (winning bronze at Rostelecom Cup), I'm one of the top Canadian ladies. Tomorrow, I just have to do a good…

— Alaine Chartrand