Olympics Quotes · Page 47

Rio is going to be my fifth Olympic games - it's been a long journey but a rewarding one, I would say.

— Abhinav Bindra

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. Do you know who lit the flame? Betty White.

— Jay Leno

America's first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre.

— Karen Abbott

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

— John Humphrys

Put God first and free your soul. Cuz even Olympic runners sometimes lose their gold.

— Big Krit

This may sound shocking, but I never dreamed about going to the Olympics.

— Katelyn Ohashi

There's no weightlifting event in Palaro, that's why I'm going here, hoping they consider including weightlifting again.

— Hidilyn Diaz

Ollies are so simple, I don't do ollies. I do other stuff... I mean, I can pop an ollie but.

— Hopsin

I remember watching the '96 Olympics. For some reason, I was like 'Oh yeah, I'm going to go to the Olympics some…

— Kelley O'Hara

Javelin is a very technical sport. I rectified my faults over time. Then I trained under foreign coaches who further rectified my…

— Neeraj Chopra

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a…

— Scott Hamilton

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in…

— Sarah Hughes

But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart…

— Olga Korbut

My goal is to get on the national team. People joke that we'll be able to go to Beijing in 2008, but…

— Anonymous

I tried not to cry on the podium, I tried to enjoy this moment. I did enjoy Rio but was trying to…

— Kadeena Cox

I hope that people will one day look back at my skating and what I brought to the table. 'Remember when Patrick…

— Patrick Chan

When I started out as a 12-13 year old, it was a stupid idea. I remember when I went to try to…

— Abhinav Bindra

What fun it is to generalize in the privacy of a note book. It is as I imagine waltzing on ice might…

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

A lot of people have been saying I am obsessed with the "making history" thing. But it's what pushes me, it's what…

— James DeGale

If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating…

— James Mercer

A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!'…

— Phillip Phillips

No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you…

— James C. Collins

There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive…

— James Mercer

There was a day when you could identify a NASCAR Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge and they actually looked like "stock cars." Now…

— Brock Yates

It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.

— Gracie Gold

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.'

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

I'm not fussed about awards. I just want to win a medal and a trophy.

— Karen Bardsley

I recently met Michael Phelps. He is my absolute idol. I was totally starstruck. I did manage to get a few words…

— Ellie Simmonds

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to…

— Clara Hughes

If I won another gold medal in 2012, in my home city, imagine that. To be the face of 2012, that'd be unbelievable.

— James DeGale

Ln PE class, there's always that one person who thinks it's the damn olympics.

— Anonymous

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

— Rick Riordan

The Olympics is still my greatest achievement... I have many belts, but there is only one Olympic gold.

— Oleksandr Usyk

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

— Gary Bettman

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

— Johnny Weir

China is only winning the Olympics because they made all the equipment...

— Anonymous

Each year the excitement and the build-up for the Paralympics Games has grown more and more.

— Jessica Long

I used to ice skate at parties when I was eight, but that was sort of the extent of roller skating, ice…

— Eliza Scanlen

People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.

— Mark Zupan