Olympics Quotes · Page 33

I want to be able to do the Olympics and then do the Paralympics after.

— Kadeena Cox

I'd love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal-that would be amazing.

— Shaun White

In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.

— Ellie Simmonds

I just think there's something about being in the Olympics, even though I think it's been tarnished a little bit by commercialization.

— Tom Izzo

America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan - Go for the Gold.

— Bob Hope

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

Skateistan's not just about skating. It’s giving people life skills and hope for the future.

— Tony Hawk

What is great about being in sport was when you won, you got a gold medal and you knew you had won.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is…

— Conan O'Brien

I'd love to learn how to foxtrot and cha cha. Believe it or not, I have terrible dancing skills. I can do…

— Johnny Weir

It would mean a lot, but it's weird, because what's the title? It's an extra line on your Wikipedia page and a…

— Joseph Benavidez

We have had no bonuses for winning Olympic medals, I haven't even had a call from the ABA. I was on assisted…

— James DeGale

If your Olympic Hero were to use the Worm in the 1996 Olympic Games, it would be so embarassing to all the…

— Kurt Angle

Just skate for fun, don't pick up a skateboard because you want to be a pro one day. Don't forget why you…

— Steve Caballero

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get…

— Donovan Bailey

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done…

— Dorothy Hamill

Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I…

— Apolo Ohno

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against…

— Vera Wang

“During the Olympics, the phrase “Own the Podium” had been a source of national debate and division. Since the Olympics, it has…

— Ken Dryden

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio,…

— Johnny Weir

My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I…

— Lindsey Vonn

The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments…

— Adrian Mitchell

There really hasn't been a name that is in the media on a daily basis, and that's what skating in the '90s…

— Tara Lipinski

I've seen kids turn their lives around. It's usually a kid who's outside of the team-sport world, or maybe has a darker…

— Jeff Ament

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

— Ma Jian

“she would have got a gold medal in social climbing if it was an Olympic sport”

— Marlene Perez

When we won gold I was expecting overwhelming relief, but it just didn't come.

— Stephanie Labbe

Winning a gold medal was something I always wanted. It's something I always expected to do.

— Cael Sanderson

I always wondered what it would be like going to sleep the night before prelims at the Olympics…Feels awesome.

— Aly Raisman

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

— Tommy Morrison

To put pole vaulting on the map just for a second is a dream come true.

— Armand Duplantis

I don't think you sit there as a young boy thinking you want a full set of medals, you just want to…

— Gary Cahill

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

— Sarah Hughes

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

— Brian Shaw

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

— Donovan Bailey

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential…

— Jeremy Abbott

We have won laurels for the country in wrestling but still, in spite of winning medals, not many people recognised us.

— Geeta Phogat

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid

— Bradley Wiggins

You're still a person with or without that gold medal. It just represents the hard work.

— Jessica Long

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have…

— Ashley Wagner