Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992…

I'll never forget how frustrated I felt when I didn't make the team for Barcelona in 1992.

— Denise Lewis

Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.

— Cadel Evans

Representing Australia is not a thing I take lightly.

— Guy Sebastian

Representing Australia is huge reason why I play.

— Joe Ingles

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

— Michael Diamond

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of…

— Richard Attias

If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner.

— Elizabeth Berg

I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams…

— Mary Kom

All the people in Korea are cheering me like I'm a gold medalist or something, so I have a responsibility to my country.

— PSY

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

— Shaun White

No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up…

— James C. Collins

When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.

— J. R. Celski

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

— Mo Farah

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

— Marion Jones

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very…

— Evgeni Plushenko