As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
You have to be pretty fortunate to do multiple games and have a shot at medals. — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ. — Aly Raisman Copy Share Image
The East End of Glasgow is like the Olympics. Lots of foriegners in tracksuits struggling to speak English. — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
People are saying I hold and spoil, but you don't get to win Olympic gold without a bit of power and ability. — James DeGale Copy Share Image
At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
The Olympic movement has made a conscious attempt to make sports and disciplines urban in nature. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
If being a skateboarder were a personality type and not actually an athletic activity, then I'd say I'm a skateboarder. But I… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person… — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
Learning a new trick will just happen randomly when I'm skating and if I feel good doing it, I take it to… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
I want to apologize for the remarks I made in Thrasher about female skateboarders. What I meant was that skateboarding is a… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
We shouldn't forget that in the case of Georgia, a problem was done away with that bothered [Vladimir] Putin personally - that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The Canadian Identity, it seems, is truly elusive only at home. Beyond the borders Canadians know exactly who they are, within they… — Roy MacGregor Copy Share Image
'Thrasher' magazine's Skater of the Year is clearly my No. 1 goal. The only way I get that is skating. Other than… — Ryan Sheckler Copy Share Image
Back in the day however, careers were strictly built on competitions, just like surfing, though surfing is changing too so you can… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
I'm looking for a way out of here. I can't have it physically, so I'm going to have it intellectually. It was… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
I was having a conversation with one of my teammates and she asked me, "Aren't you so glad it's over? We don't… — Kelly Clark Copy Share Image
I want to do more than Bubka's done, for sure. More Olympics than him, more world championships. — Armand Duplantis Copy Share Image
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that… — Sally Pearson Copy Share Image
I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey… — Alicia Sacramone Copy Share Image
The Paralympian Chris Hallam, who has died aged 50, was one of the most influential athletes in the development of disability sport. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People always step up and do things out of the ordinary at the Olympics, — Jason Lezak Copy Share Image
Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me. — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Winning the 400 meters gold at the pre-Olympics gave me a little confidence. I thought I could win a medal if I tried. — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be… — Misty May-Treanor Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable. — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. — Bill Toomey Copy Share Image
Winning for your country in the Olympics is the ultimate dream for any sportsperson, and I am determined to do it. — Sandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Let's face it, if you sign the dotted line, you're 'Dancing on Ice,' you've got to go with the glitter and the… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
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