Olympics Quotes · Page 58

1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build…

— Adam Rippon

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

— Sally Pearson

It's an Olympic year, man, and crazy stuff always happens in an Olympic year.

— Justin Gatlin

After the Olympics I was going to a lot of functions and found that if I was eating badly my energy levels…

— Chris Hoy

Certainly, when I started bobsledding I didn't think of being in the Olympics some day.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

I wore No. 24 at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada - one bib on the back and one on the…

— Eddie the Eagle

Who am I just to give up on track? This is something I've dreamed about since I was 9 years old, being…

— Marquise Goodwin

Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.

— Gary Hustwit

So-Youn has good qualities in both jump and power, triple combination is her biggest strength and she also has great artistic value…

— Kim Yuna

A few years after I finished skating, someone asked where my medals were. I'm like, 'In a suitcase somewhere.' Now they're nicely…

— Michelle Kwan

Big story at the Olympics regarding Michael Phelps. He stepped out with his girlfriend for the first time. She is a 25-year-old…

— Conan O'Brien

If there was an Oppression Olympics, I would win the gold medal. I'm Palestinian, Muslim, I'm female, I'm disabled, and I live…

— Maysoon Zayid

I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire…

— Cathy Freeman

Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can…

— Ivan Lendl

I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's…

— Teri McKeever

I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat…

— Megan Rapinoe

My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.

— Kristi Yamaguchi

As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.

— Christian Laettner

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

— Mirai Nagasu

We're not coming back unless it's to become Olympic champions again.

— Scott Moir

I've always loved public speaking, and that's something I definitely will pursue after the Olympics.

— Lauren Gibbs

Am I worried? Sure, I'm worried. When it comes to the Olympics, it can't be a predictable finish.

— Hayley Wickenheiser

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

— Ryan Lochte

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel…

— Dan O'Brien

I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.

— Tara Lipinski

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

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

— Noureddine Morceli

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

— Tessa Virtue

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

— Justin Rose

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

— Joe Calzaghe

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

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

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

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

— Caeleb Dressel

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

— Yohan Blake