Olympics Quotes · Page 32

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic…

— Dorothy Hamill

The Paralympics defined my life, but they also reach into homes across the nation, redefining public perception of what's possible.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

— Gabby Douglas

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

— Wayne Gretzky

I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

— Max Aaron

I think someone that won the Olympics in snowboarding but didn't win X Games would feel like their career was incomplete.

— Travis Pastrana

Everyone wants to represent their country and my dream is to one day play in the Olympics.

— Jrue Holiday

I've actually said 'get off my grass' to people before. They were skateboarding on my grass!

— Kim Shattuck

That's a very privileged job and I love it with all my heart. I'm planning on playing my best volleyball to date…

— Kerri Walsh

There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics,…

— Anonymous

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what…

— Greg Louganis

I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish,…

— Shani Davis

My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the…

— Alberto Juantorena

It's the hugest platform of athletics and I dream of a world record at the Olympics. One jump can change a lot…

— Armand Duplantis

The night before the Olympics opening ceremony, my son, who is eight years old, gets very excited and likes to put out…

— David Letterman

After giving up softball, I didn't know what I was going to do. I thought I would try bobsled, but I wasn't…

— Elana Meyers

(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic…

— Trey Hardee

I think we've got every chance of being an Olympic sport and, if they did put us in, I know they'd sell…

— Phil Taylor

I think the Invictus Games is something the world needs to know more about. What it does for the competitors and what…

— John Cena

My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, my dad sells…

— Tony Hawk

I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the…

— Seth Godin

They'll try to apply the rules of the day to the game, where you can't touch your board with your hands, or…

— Mike Vallely

I think that in figure skating, and in sports in general, that when you're young, it's considered a huge advantage because you're…

— Adam Rippon

Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,…

— Shepard Fairey

The Geiger-counter of Olympomania is going to go zoink off the scale,

— Boris Johnson

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

— Katie Taylor

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

— Nancy Kerrigan

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

— Tom Stoppard

I work with a team of coaches and trainers to make me feel like I am not alone out on the ice.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

— Valeria Golino

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

— James DeGale

If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don't…

— Mary Kom

In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.

— Gary Hustwit

The Olympics are an emotional roller-coaster. You cant be too disappointed with results because things dont always go your way.

— Adam Gilchrist

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and…

— Missy Franklin

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

— Kipchoge Keino

You play four Grand Slams every year, the Olympics is only once every four years.

— Carlos Alcaraz

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

— Tara Lipinski

If being a douche was an Olympic sport, I know some people that would have a gold medal!

— Anonymous

It's safe to say that if sucking it in were a sport, I'd be an Olympian.

— Anonymous