Olympics Quotes · Page 39

The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.

— Sergei Bubka

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

— Chael Sonnen

Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.

— McKayla Maroney

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

— Craig Ferguson

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

— Bill Parcells

Here we go!!! Watching the Open Ceremonies with my girls!!! Sooo exciting!!

— Gabrielle Douglas

For me, it would be the perfect summer to play in the Euros and then the Olympics. My desire is to play…

— Juan Mata

The Manchester games in 2002 was the breakthrough for me because I won my first individual Gold medal and that gave me…

— Chris Hoy

“no one ever got a gold medal for sittin’ on their ass and doin’ nothin’. You work at somethin’, you work at…

— Kristen Ashley

The Olympics was really, really stressful because I had never done anything like it. At the same time, I was understanding something…

— Laurie Hernandez

I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to…

— Usain Bolt

When I was younger, pole vaulting was all that I knew. It was mainstream. It was so accessible to me and I…

— Armand Duplantis

“Bricks, bricks, and bricks could be used instead of gold, silver, and bronze medals in the Olympics. If all an athlete cares…

— Jarod Kintz

We shouldn't be fixated to one sport. The Olympics come once in four years, and every athlete works very hard towards that.…

— Abhinav Bindra

I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to…

— Lauren Potter

I made the team for the 2008 Olympics and you're playing the U.S.A. in the quarter-finals and it's like, this is awesome,…

— Patty Mills

So after those Games, I continued to compete that season and the year after that. I really had the goal of being…

— Kelly Clark

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth…

— Stella Young

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling.…

— Al Pacino

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this…

— Ban Ki-moon

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention…

— Dan O'Brien

I have always loved to skate, and that is all I wanted to do. Having my whole, entire career taken away from…

— Tonya Harding

When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every…

— Jack Canfield

You know you had a good day of skating when the side of your thumb is just straight raw from holding your…

— Nyjah Huston

The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.

— Caitlyn Jenner

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

— Mary Lou Retton

McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.

— Robert Downey, Jr

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

— Nathan Chen

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

— Marian Dragulescu

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

I love the classic side of skating, making it look like a full program and not just technical based.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.

— Dan Gable

Winning the overall is a dream I've had since being a young skier. It's everyone's dream.

— Tina Maze

The thought of being the first openly gay male ever to compete in the Winter Olympics - I totally embrace that.

— Gus Kenworthy

You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.

— Tom Daley

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.

— Libby Trickett

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

— Dayron Robles

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

— Julie Benz

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

— Martin Lel