Olympics Quotes · Page 54

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.

— Gus Kenworthy

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.

— Evan Sayet

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned…

— Charlie White

Rio has been absolutely epic. I did leave my heart out there, and I wanted to do everybody proud.

— Michelle Carter

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate…

— Laurence Fishburne

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

— Ban Ki-moon

Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing…

— Chloe Kim

I have always said being part of the team and winning a medal for my country was my first preference.

— P. R. Sreejesh

There's so many levels. You can rise on the day to win a national event or a world title but the level…

— Caroline Buchanan

We want a clean and effective Olympic body where it can help us and Indian sports to grow and we athletes can…

— Abhinav Bindra

When my parents were paying for my sport, it wasn't just me out on the ice. Pretty much every dollar my mom…

— Ashley Wagner

Seoul will co-operate with the national government so that the 2032 Summer Olympics become something more than a sports festival - an…

— Park Won-soon

As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career…

— Peter Snell

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I…

— Angela Ruggiero

We feel like we're the Olympic gold medallists and we have the opportunity to bring that gold home. That will be our…

— Scott Moir

I think there are definitely times when I feel the expectations on my shoulders and I think it's because even before I…

— Ellie Simmonds

Every athlete wants to represent their country or region in the Olympics.

— Jackson Wang

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the…

— Scott Moir

On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party.…

— Ma Jian

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

— Adam Ondra

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

— Paul Coffey

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

— Natalie du Toit

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

— Apolo Ohno

I am pretty pleased. I will be on the Olympic podium, so you can't be more happy.

— Emma McKeon

“If there were an Olympics for kidding yourself, I’d take home the gold.”

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

— Nathan Chen

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot…

— Carolina Kostner

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

— Patrick Chan

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

— David Letterman

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

— Hannah Kearney

You can slide on my ice like the Escapade and itchy-gitchy-yaya with the marmalade.

— Lil Kim

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Wrestling is the Olympics. It's the toughest, more grueling, most demanding and most humbling sport there is.

— Jake Herbert

I made driving mistakes in Sochi that cost me gold, and I'll torture myself for the rest of my life about that!

— Elana Meyers

Getting a medal is not a small feat, irrespective of what color it is.

— Jwala Gutta

It is effectively a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved, and the chance to win an Olympic medal would be amazing.

— Jack Rodwell

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

— Bill Bowerman

I don't know how many great Brazilians have played in the Olympics and not been able to win it.

— Neymar

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

— Gracie Gold

I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a…

— Lauren Gibbs