Life Quote by Abhinav Bindra

I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

— Ian Thorpe

I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised…

— David Rudisha

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is…

— Alicia Sacramone

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

— Katie Taylor

I had big goals, I wanted to go to the Olympics.

— Mat Fraser

Up until Beijing where I had my greatest victory, I had trained for 16 years of life with a singular goal and singular obsession…

— Abhinav Bindra

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going…

— Shawn Johnson

I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take…

— Ryan Hall

Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.

— Michael Chang

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take…

— Bryan Clay

America's seen me go from Olympic glory to 'Biggest Loser'. I want to go back to Olympic glory again. It's kind of the American…

— Rulon Gardner

I never thought that I would ever go over to China for any reason - then to be able to go over there and…

— Jimmer Fredette