When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn't really known for figure skating. I think that's why I excelled… — Meta Golding Copy Share Image
I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three… — Olga Korbut Copy Share Image
I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together… — Joe Frazier Copy Share Image
I came back from the Olympic Games, and straightaway, I'm this role model. So that means I can't mess around with my… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
Here's a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if some guy sets a world record, pretend… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have… — Natalie du Toit Copy Share Image
I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
…What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
I was exemplifying the Olympian who took up a challenge as a sportsman, without a trainer, in a country without mountains and… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
Certainly for me the Commonwealth Games were fantastic to compete in and I genuinely have so many great memories of the three… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have the possibility to see it… — Alberto Tomba Copy Share Image
I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding… — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
I have a scar on my left thigh, kind of almost near my knee. I essentially fell in the 2002 Olympics and… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see… — Eric Shanteau Copy Share Image
The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can't think of any other line… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can… — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they… — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
Anybody that Tessa and I end up with in our personal lives would have to understand how much we love skating and… — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the… — Misty May-Treanor Copy Share Image
People expect that I'll be just perfect on ice, and that's not the case. I make mistakes, too. When I review my… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about… — T. V. Carpio Copy Share Image
I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure,… — Kurt Browning Copy Share Image
I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just… — Ryan Sheckler Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
Special Olympics is such an empowering organization for the thousands of athletes involved and those of us like myself who lend support… — Natalya Neidhart Copy Share Image
“fewer people knew that the five-pointed star had almost become the official Olympic seal but was modified at the last moment–its five… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gold slipped from my hand at the Rome Olympics and then from P.T. Usha at the Los Angeles Olympics. But it is… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
