A medal in Tokyo Olympics is my target, it's the ultimate for an athlete. I am still young and my best is… — Neeraj Chopra Copy Share Image
For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. — Kim Yuna Copy Share Image
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's like a dream come true, coming to the Olympic trails and leaving being the champion. — Tori Bowie Copy Share Image
Nobody is on the Paralympic Team until three months before those games. — Heather Mills Copy Share Image
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. — Dawn Fraser Copy Share Image
To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now. — Jordyn Wieber Copy Share Image
Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
I'd always loved what went on in skateboarding. I'd never skated myself, but I loved the graphics - I really liked the… — James Jebbia Copy Share Image
The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves,… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was… — Robin Cousins Copy Share Image
Big moments like the Olympics tend to freeze things in place. It's just very hard to break through the news cycle with… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
“Heinrich Harrer: That's the Olympic gold medal. Not important. Pema Lhaki: This is another great difference between our civilization and yours. You… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
I had a lot of wonderful accomplishments in the game of basketball. Of course, to win a gold medal for your country… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
I was just kind of sour with the sport. I didn't want anything to do with it. I went into a period… — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
You can't really rely on a couple of athletes to deliver you medals in five consecutive Olympic Games. It's absolutely unrealistic. You… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
Qualifying for this Olympic team has been the most stressful experience of my athletic career. It has taught me so much about… — Ibtihaj Muhammad Copy Share Image
The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward,… — Pamela Ribon Copy Share Image
The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines,… — Adelina Sotnikova Copy Share Image
Clearly, those of us women who play football wish that there was more coverage. But it's one of those things that happens.… — Marta Copy Share Image
I'd say street skating is the most fun of the six skateboarding events for me personally. It's also because you can do… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand proudly at the top of the podium and… — Hannah Kearney Copy Share Image
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us.… — Jacques Rogge Copy Share Image
“The best thing I ever did in life was nothing, and I got a medal for it. I was a hero once.” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.” — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again. — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable. — Kaetlyn Osmond Copy Share Image
I got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same. — Emma McKeon Copy Share Image
I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak. — Mark Roberts Copy Share Image
The first time I ever wore a shoe was in 1955 during the trials for the Melbourne Olympics. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I never dreamt of the Olympics growing up. It's not something that I watched on TV; it's not something my parents ever… — Kaetlyn Osmond Copy Share Image
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
What I think is about running faster and faster, and I believe that will translate into medals. — Hima Das Copy Share Image
When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the… — Brittany Bowe Copy Share Image
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field. — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games. — Libby Trickett Copy Share Image
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been… — Kimberly Elise Copy Share Image
“In the Greek Olympics, women, slaves, and foreigners never took part. Not in Greek democracy either.” — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
