Olympics Quotes · Page 46

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I'm so proud of how well Canada did at the Games here. It think we're going to do even better in 2010.

— Cindy Klassen

I am a competitive figure skater. I've been doing that for the same amount of time I've been doing acting. Ever since…

— Jenna Boyd

My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now…

— Cameron van der Burgh

Skateboarding was everything to us growing up. It changes the way you see the world: you spend all day looking for ditches.

— Harmony Korine

The song 'I Feel the Earth Move' brings me back to those younger years when I was taking my first strides on…

— Hilary Knight

The principle aim of gymnastics is the education of all youth and not simply that minority of people highly favored by nature.

— Aristotle

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

— Hope Solo

It's definitely an honour and a dream to be able to go out there and have all the people in the stands…

— Meghan Agosta-Marciano

Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher…

— Jay Leno

When I first met Mike Pence, it was love at first sight. On our first date, we went ice skating at the…

— Karen Pence

The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is…

— Susan Estrich

And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a…

— Shannon Miller

I was born and raised in Vancouver. I moved to Beijing in 2010 just before the Olympics. Being an Asian Canadian actor,…

— Osric Chau

Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with…

— Mirai Nagasu

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is…

— Elana Meyers

My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time…

— Sarnath Banerjee

I have witnessed first-hand how the power of sport can positively impact the lives of wounded, injured and sick Servicemen and women…

— Prince Harry

I was told that there are about 900 gold medal winners in American Olympic history. When I thought about the number 900,…

— Kristin Armstrong

I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It…

— Tina Fey

There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown…

— Allyson Felix

My goal, my dream has already come true. Every kid's dream is to become a pro skater, you know? Not only have…

— Paul Rodriguez

After I won in Beijing I chatted with a lot of Indian athletes and they were interested and keen to know what…

— Abhinav Bindra

I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life.…

— Jack LaLanne

The first gold medal we had won for the Soviet Union. This one we won for each other.

— Ekaterina Gordeeva

Figure skating is not a hobby. Its my work, which I want to do, and do well.

— Adelina Sotnikova

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

— Debi Thomas

“If you are a guy full of shit without the gold medal, if you get the gold medal you are still a…

— Didier Berthod

When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for…

— Ryan Lochte

School for me has always been a really great balance with the skating.

— Tessa Virtue

One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one.

— Howard Bach

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

— Scott Hamilton

I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.

— Paula Radcliffe

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.

— Eric Shanteau

I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.

— Tessa Virtue

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great.…

— Michael Phelps

The question for every Olympics is whether the giant investment will pay off in the future.

— Richard Edelman

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment.

— Duncan Armstrong

When I was 16, coming up through now at 24, it was so much I thought I had to change about myself.…

— Claressa Shields