Olympics Quotes · Page 50

Coming out of the Olympic Games, I was the golden boy and I got put up on a pedestal. I got stuff…

— James DeGale

I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

— Max Aaron

I think someone that won the Olympics in snowboarding but didn't win X Games would feel like their career was incomplete.

— Travis Pastrana

Everyone wants to represent their country and my dream is to one day play in the Olympics.

— Jrue Holiday

I've actually said 'get off my grass' to people before. They were skateboarding on my grass!

— Kim Shattuck

The Geiger-counter of Olympomania is going to go zoink off the scale,

— Boris Johnson

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

— Katie Taylor

I always loved skating but you can get hardened by it and it's discouraging and disheartening.

— Tessa Virtue

I'm a total rink rat. I can do the toe loop, the lutz, a flip, and the Scholz. That's one I invented.…

— Tom Scholz

It is completely surreal because two years ago I wasn't swimming, I was 10 kilos heavier and was on a completely different…

— Libby Trickett

China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to…

— Ai Weiwei

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems…

— Nancy Kerrigan

Anybody that Tessa and I end up with in our personal lives would have to understand how much we love skating and…

— Scott Moir

If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are…

— Aly Raisman

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m…

— Oscar Pistorius

It's cool because here everybody has the same goal. We're all competing for our countries. We're all coming down here to do…

— Michelle Carter

Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance…

— Dorothy Hamill

I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person,…

— Kristin Armstrong

Brandon McCaw mastered everything at the Olympics he can perform all the stunts in the world there. He can do 500 front…

— Brandon Mccaw

“You would fain be victor at the Olympic Games, you say. Yes, but weigh the conditions, weigh the consequences; then and then…

— Epictetus

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the…

— Shawn Mendes

And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have…

— Noureddine Morceli

When it comes to desiring, we are all experts. If there were an Olympics of desiring, we would all make the team.

— William Braxton Irvine

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.

— Avery Brundage

For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.

— Malik Yoba

There was a time where I was on top of the world, an Olympic hopeful.

— Katelyn Ohashi

I was only 18 and I'd be 22 if I was competing at London. I'm stronger and more experienced and I know…

— Billy Joe Saunders

Life is Like A Race, Its Up To You If You Want Gold, Silver Or Bronze Medal

— Anonymous

We will work as if the PyeongChang Olympics is jointly hosted by Gangwon Province and Seoul.

— Park Won-soon

Judging by your performance at the Olympics, it don't look too bright for your future does it!

— Joe Calzaghe

On the back of Rio, I really hoped Japan would be the huge leap forward for golf in the Olympics.

— Justin Rose

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.

— Yohan Blake

The Olympics are different, I'll admit that now and stop lying to myself.

— Caeleb Dressel

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not…

— Sebastian Coe

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

— Shawn Johnson

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

— Mo Farah

I'm a two-time Olympian, but ever since I was a little girl, the Olympic dream has influenced me.

— Gretchen Bleiler

In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating…

— Patrick Chan

I am a figure skater, which helps me appreciate Newton's theory of mechanics.

— Michio Kaku

My goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and I'll fight and continue going until I do that.

— Troy Dumais