Olympics Quotes · Page 29

I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.

— Eddie the Eagle

“Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.”

— Yann Martel

I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me…

— Gabby Douglas

When you go to a shooting competition, you don't know what medal you're going to finish with.

— Abhinav Bindra

I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep.

— Eva Mendes

When I think of the Olympics - and I'm a little biased - but wrestling comes right to mind.

— Cael Sanderson

The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career.

— Hilary Knight

I'm a very, very, very avid skateboarder. I skate every day when I'm at home. I have a half-pipe in my back…

— Sky Blu

I still think there are some pitches in this pitching arm, so I will continue playing with USA Softball, but knowing that…

— Jennie Finch

In ramp skating, theres this guy Alex Perelson whos really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we havent…

— Tony Hawk

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why…

— Rafer Johnson

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country…

— Michelle Kwan

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in…

— David Rudisha

It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics; I played in…

— Stephon Marbury

How about those Olympics, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't London look like the place to be? New York City was in the running…

— David Letterman

I know what was happening to me during the 2012 London Olympics. I was in a fantasy world. You look this side,…

— P. R. Sreejesh

“A national obsession with a particular sport does not occur in a vacuum. Something lights the match. In the early twentieth century,…

— Fitzgerald Matt

One of the things about my sport that's important is consistency - being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently.…

— Jonathan Horton

I learned to skate in our garage. We lived in the country in Florida, it was sort of farmish, and there was…

— Rodney Mullen

“I wasn't even sure why I was getting this medal, really. No, that's not true. I knew why. It's like people you…

— R.J. Palacio

Fortunately for me, I was able to see the newspaper and saw that they were hiring in a new program called the…

— John Carlos

I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses -…

— Johnny Weir

“Well, I did a little research, and I found out that boxers are better for the balls and sperm counts.” “I see,”…

— Katie Ashley

Since my Dad was an artist, I grew up around art shows and openings and that had a big impact on me…

— Christian Hosoi

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

— Johnny Weir

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

— Mirai Nagasu

I like figure skating, because it's articulate, and I'm that type of guy. But hey, we're all weird in our own way.

— Uriah Hall

It's said that Norwegians are born with skis for our legs. That's why we always win the Olympics.

— Kristofer Hivju

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.

— Tony Hawk

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

— Marion Jones

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

— Christa McAuliffe

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

— Jerami Grant

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

— Oksana Baiul

You can't just measure yourself solely on winning that medal. It has to be on the everyday experience.

— Scott Moir

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if…

— Paula Radcliffe

It's funny, when guests come over to the house, they want to see my gold medal first and my U.S. Open trophy…

— Justin Rose

Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics.

— Lasse Viren

When I was 10, I went to the Junior Olympics for the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.

— Colin Jost

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

— Nathan Chen

“Oh God, my stomach must have won a medal- it's doing a lap of honour now.”

— Ali McNamara