Olympics Quotes · Page 31

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

— Ted Ligety

Playing with Rafa, getting my first Olympics medal - hopefully not the last one - it's been a special one.

— Carlos Alcaraz

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall…

— Lolo Jones

There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

— Ian MacKaye

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything.

— Tonya Harding

I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it…

— Evgeni Plushenko

To me, the Olympics are very important, obviously, but it's not something that I'm gonna change everything for.

— Chloe Kim

In BMX, you need an inner mongrel, something that's a point of difference in the female category.

— Caroline Buchanan

If the Olympics come around, and I'm in shape, then I'll compete. But I won't be representing the United States; I'll be…

— Steve Prefontaine

Initially it was a journey about one girl who wanted to go to the Paralympics but over the two years it has…

— Kadeena Cox

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was…

— Dan O'Brien

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want…

— Hope Solo

Experience is the best teacher. I've been through a lot - going to the Olympics, going to the Finals, having a lot…

— Kevin Durant

I come from the ghetto in Brazil, where we don't have a lot of career opportunities, so I'm sure my family and…

— Anitta

I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's…

— MyKayla Skinner

I was upset about not going to the Olympics. It was a dream of mine, and I'd been working at it for…

— Joseph Parker

It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God.…

— Allyson Felix

“Francesca had grown up watching me, like I'd grown up watching Sheila. She said I was inspiring, but what had I inspired?…

— Layne Fargo

Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through…

— Lolo Jones

I'll tell you one of the great activities is skateboarding. To learn to do a skateboard trick, how many times do you…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The Olympics is not really about the sport, it's about the story behind the person. You keep the sport relatively simple to…

— Kurt Angle

The stable funding announced today will allow Special Olympics to grow and benefit an increasing number of Canadians. I am proud that…

— Jim Flaherty

“I don't get or like human interest. Back before the Plague, it had ruined all sorts of stuff. The Olympics for one.…

— John Ringo

The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made…

— Anthony Lane

I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics.

— Gracie Gold

I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.

— Kenny Baker

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

— Mary Lou Retton

I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver.

— Patrick Chan

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.

— George Pataki

I would love nothing more than to become a professional ice skater, but I would rather do it privately.

— Rylan Clark-Neal

If you ever have the option, come to the Olympics. It's, like, a fun time.

— Adam Rippon

I am not running after gold medals; I am running after time. And once I get that, gold medals will run after…

— Hima Das

I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim.

— Jessica Long

The Olympics is by far the biggest stage of them all for any sportsperson, so I'm looking forward to it.

— Neeraj Chopra

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.

— Kenny Baker

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it…

— Dick Ebersol

Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.

— Mirai Nagasu

Nations should show their countries strength/power through winning medals.Not war medals but Olympic medals.

— Mehde H Choudhury

I don't know anybody that is like super close friends but also competing for the same medal. That would be kinda odd.

— Christian Coleman

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

— DeMarcus Cousins