Olympics Quotes · Page 4

“Keep your stick on the Ice ”

— Red green

“Skating is joy.”

— Bonnie Blair

Each Olympics is different.

— Tobin Heath

I slept with my gold medal.

— Claressa Shields

I don't know where my medals are.

— Eric Cantona

“I am the Olympics.”

— Dave Eggers

I'm going to win a gold medal.

— Ben Askren

Kif! Show them the medal I won.

— Zapp Brannigan

The IOC presidency has been suggested to me.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

— Gagan Narang

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul

— Peggy Fleming

Skating, to me, is all about self-expression.

— Evan Mock

I'm a speed skater. That's who I am, in my heart.

— Shani Davis

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

— Shawn Johnson

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport.

— Tony Hawk

To represent Iran in the Olympics feel great.

— The Iron Sheik

I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and…

— Eddie the Eagle

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

— Mark Rydell

It's hard to explain these feelings...But I'm extremely honored to be an Olympian and be a part of this team.

— Jordyn Wieber

Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

— Jennie Finch

“The Hard Days Are The Best Days Cause That's When Champions Are Made”

— Gabby Douglas

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

— Sandeep Singh

I had a really lovely upbringing. I did a lot of skateboarding down country lanes.

— Ellie Bamber

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

— Gary Bettman

It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal,…

— Adelina Sotnikova

I miss seeing real comics, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett, those types. I like straight stand-up, talking about the Olympics and why…

— Norm MacDonald

I definitely look to people like Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards and especially Allyson Felix, being an American athlete who went pro…

— Mary Cain

That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential.

— Amy Purdy

I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even…

— Ryan Lochte

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that…

— Vincent Matthews

Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset…

— Jim McKay

I think even if I was to go out there and win the Olympics, everyone's still going to remember the pre-race routine…

— Michelle Jenneke

“When it was [Larry] Bird's turn [to sign souvenir Team USA basketballs], he said to [Brian] McIntyre ' What's the quickest it's…

— Jack McCallum

“Natalie was one of the confident skaters weaving in and out of bodies, natural movement that succeeded because there wasn’t too much…

— Karl Drinkwater

Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled…

— Lolo Jones

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the…

— Tony Hawk

“Moment, momentum, momentous If you reduce sports to its smallest discrete units, its subatomic particles, you're left with protons and electrons and…

— Steve Rushin

The Christmas just before I turned four, my parents bought me a pair of little black skates and the Bay of Quinte…

— Bobby Hull

As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the…

— Allyson Felix

It was like when we went to Mexico City [Olympics in 1968] it was sun and shining and bright. When we came…

— John Carlos