In my teens, I had no idea about running as a sports event. For me, an orphan, it was not only about… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold… — Mike Schultz Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
This year I spent two months in Australia, and I did all the training camps in London. It was a really hard… — Peter Kauzer Copy Share Image
Being 19 years old and making the Olympic team on my last lift. I went 6-for-6 and had a perfect Olympic trial.… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I… — George Gregan Copy Share Image
I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice… — Nancy Kerrigan Copy Share Image
It's super cool - I have this link to Korea, and with the Olympics, I have this opportunity to represent the U.S.,… — Chloe Kim Copy Share Image
My participation in the Art of the Olympians is a natural extension of my athletic career. I find creating a piece of… — Bob Beamon Copy Share Image
I remember being a 17-year-old wheelchair basketballer at the Paralympics. I just wanted to beat everybody, but I also wanted to do… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against… — Shaun Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
I was 14 when the wall came down, so I only ever knew about the GDR or experienced it as a kid.… — Nina Hoss Copy Share Image
The toughest part of my career was at the 2011 World Cup and 2012 Olympics and wanting so much to play and… — Becky Sauerbrunn Copy Share Image
I've achieved my dream of getting a Paralympic gold medal and I'm very lucky that I've been to three Games where I've… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The Olympics is about bringing the world together and learning how to go through struggles. That's what inspired me before my career… — David Boudia Copy Share Image
I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not… — Geeta Phogat Copy Share Image
I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform… — Kohei Uchimura Copy Share Image
I remember after the Games I was lifting weights with propane tanks on them, and getting to experience opening ceremonies again was… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
As a goalkeeper experience is a massive thing, and there is nothing better than playing games, which thankfully I managed to do… — Jack Butland Copy Share Image
Whenever the national para-athletic games are held, information does not reach the athletes. Whether the physically-challenged athletes participate or not, is a… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
It is a disgrace. I think darts should be at the Olympics. Obviously you'd have to cut out the drinking side of… — Adrian Lewis Copy Share Image
You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC's refusal to televise important… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
For me, the first thing I do when I know I have to do the fastest skater is check my edges and… — Connor McDavid Copy Share Image
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
There's something about an Olympic Games and representing Canada and being part of that greater team, so when we're 70, we'll be… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
You'd like people to remember you for these great times on the ice. In reality, you want them to forget because you're… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
The Olympics had never really been on my agenda. I had been a huge sports fan growing up, But it never really… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
"What kind of world do we live in? Why are we applauding this guy's abs?" I mean, no offense to Michael Phelps.… — Mark Haskell Smith Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me that right after the Olympics, I would have said no, but at this point I think it has.… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have… — Yani Tseng Copy Share Image
If golf is to thrive in the Games the finest need to be there. Ultimately it will be up to the players… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
To prepare for a Euros, Olympics and a World Cup in the space of three years, it's not going to be easy.… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
I would have loved to sneak off and watch some of the horse events at the Paralympics and I know Lee Pearson,… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
