Olympics Quotes · Page 57

Maybe Japan should've run faster in the Olympics if someone had just yelled 'Godzilla' Stay thirsty my friends!

— Anonymous

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

— Johnny Weir

I want to break the world record, win Olympic gold and win World Championship gold.

— Armand Duplantis

I grew up watching PRod and Chris Cole. To be able to skate with them in competition is an honor.

— Nyjah Huston

I didn't even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I'd compete for a silver medal.

— Sunisa Lee

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

— Joe Sakic

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

— Mark Spitz

We went out there as a team and believed we could win. I am an Olympic champion.

— Mark Lewis-Francis

The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the…

— Lance Armstrong

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in,…

— Adam Rippon

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's…

— Al Oerter

A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a…

— Mary Kom

An American judo fighter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Officials became suspicious when he kept stopping the…

— Conan O'Brien

I've been with Team Canada for a lot of World Cups and World Championships, and to be part of an Olympic team…

— Joe Thornton

Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... that's all…

— Johnny Weir

“To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all…

— Steve Backley

You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.

— Ashley Wagner

If life could come back, if I could roll back the years, I would like to relive my most cherished moment, the…

— P. T. Usha

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

— Franklin P. Jones

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never…

— Bela Karolyi

Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.

— Tony Hawk

Every problem you ever had with another man I gotta face, Started off on thin ice, I'm still here but I can't…

— Wale

At the Olympics, I'm representing the United States as well as the town and people who helped shape me.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

To win Olympic gold it takes a lot of HARDWORK, a lot of PASSION, a lot of SACRIFICES.

— Gabby Douglas

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for

— Peggy Fleming

Life has changed after Rio. Winning a silver medal was a huge moment for me. It has come with a lot of…

— P. V. Sindhu

Being from Detroit, I often went to the roller skating rink. I can skate backwards, forwards, and even twirl on skates, LOL!

— Kenya Moore

I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I've been on my couch watching the Olympics since 5:38 this morning. Can't turn it off!

— Frankie Muniz

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

— Tara Lipinski

I was a real skateboarder, not a gifted skateboarder. I represented that skateboarding was fun to do by being terrible at it.

— Lance Mountain

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

— Kristi Yamaguchi

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

— Daley Thompson

I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.

— Lupe Fiasco

I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my…

— Megan Jendrick

I organised the Himachal Pradesh State Olympics, which was a huge success.

— Anurag Thakur

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing…

— Hima Das

When Armageddon comes, it would be good to be an Olympic athlete, because running real fast and jumping over stuff could come…

— Jack Handey

It's been a great day in the Olympic Village! Having so much fun soaking in the amazing aura of this place.

— Rebecca Soni

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

— Dick Ebersol