Olympics Quotes · Page 38

Mitt Romney had a horse competing in the Olympics. He didn't win. But next year, he'll be competing in 'Dancing with the…

— David Letterman

Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any…

— Dean Koontz

I have fought back. From not being allowed to play, I have now qualified for Olympics in two events, it is satisfying.…

— Jwala Gutta

I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian.

— Kerri Walsh

I can't believe that I just won a gold medal. I think it will take a bit to sink in.

— Emma McKeon

My school have been so supportive in the balance between my sport and my studying, ever since I won the two golds…

— Ellie Simmonds

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

— Katie Taylor

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

— Gus Kenworthy

“I told her she should come back to my place because it’d just won sixth place in the Living Room Olympics, and…

— Jarod Kintz

As a kid growing up in Latrobe, PA, I could dream about being an Olympian like Jesse Owens or Johnny Weissmuller. I…

— Arnold Palmer

I hung out with all the guys in my neighborhood when I was little... I would, like, skateboard and go to skate…

— Daniella Monet

Career-wise, I was not the most naturally talented ice skater. Of course I had a knack for it , but practice was…

— Tara Lipinski

When the rules of judging skating in international competition changed in 2004 with the goal of making judging more transparent, one of…

— Tara Lipinski

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that…

— Tony Hawk

You don't become an Olympic medallist overnight and even after you do become an Olympian it doesn't make everything go away and…

— Stephanie Labbe

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It…

— Venus Williams

It means that no blue ribbon is forever. Someday - if the world doesn't explode itself in the meantime - someone will…

— Stephen King

Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics…

— Sunil Gavaskar

When I retired from the championships in 2012, I had finished in fourth place in the international division, second place in nationals,…

— Emily Carpenter

Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world…

— Ian MacKaye

I don't know for sure. I'll definitely go another four years and then see what happens. I would love to swim in…

— Michael Phelps

I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the…

— Cindy Klassen

There're two different kinds of skating. There's the style skating, and there's the trick skating. He (Tony Hawk) does the trick skating…

— Christian Hosoi

At my first Olympics, I didn't have a contract, and I wasn't making any money. After my first Olympics, I was working…

— Michelle Carter

Who doesn't like the Olympics? Everyone does, but who is going to pay for it?

— Michael Capuano

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

— Gabby Douglas

I watched the Olympics in 2012 in London, and there were so many great performances there, so many people, so many sports.

— Son Heung-min

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

— Gabby Douglas

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

— Hermann Maier

I'm never going to be the best skater, but I feel like I'm getting better.

— Emily Atack

I got a gold medal. I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.

— Shaun White

Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

— Homer

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.

— Heather Mills

But post my victory in Beijing, I actually wanted to quit sport and move on to something else in life.

— Abhinav Bindra

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

— Patrick Ewing

When I was growing up, you could get arrested for skateboarding, and now it's going to be in the Olympics.

— Ti West

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

— Adelina Sotnikova

The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

— Shashi Tharoor

Next stop, London!! So excited for the Olympic Games, they're finally here!

— Rebecca Soni

If the Olympics were more like the Hunger Games I think I'd probably watch more of it.

— Anonymous