Olympic Quotes · Page 7

More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to…

— Mary Lou Retton

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.

— Mary Lou Retton

At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a…

— Saina Nehwal

The Olympic Rings tattoo has played its part and will continue to motivate me.

— Sandeep Singh

“These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them…

— Steve Backley

I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me…

— Gabby Douglas

There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international…

— P. T. Usha

Those Olympic lifters - how can you call someone the strongest man if he can't walk over to a car and pick…

— Brian Shaw

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit…

— Daley Thompson

I did get to go to the Olympic trials in '88 and '92. I was 7th and 11th, so I didn't place…

— Dot Jones

We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows…

— Tessa Virtue

They usually say that after the Olympic Games, somebody's life changes forever, and a lot of times, it's the gold medalist. But…

— Adam Rippon

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the…

— Sebastian Coe

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country…

— Michelle Kwan

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why…

— Rafer Johnson

African runners regularly work out in the United States and Europe, and the International Olympic Committee sends some of the cash from…

— Alex Berenson

I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.

— Eddie the Eagle

“Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.”

— Yann Martel

Due to my love for 'Harry Potter,' I have to say my celebrity crush is Emma Watson and my Olympic crush is…

— Sam Mikulak

“We may not have sewage, drinking water, and olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.”

— Arvind Adiga

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

— Gracie Gold

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

— Ban Ki-moon

I am pretty pleased. I will be on the Olympic podium, so you can't be more happy.

— Emma McKeon

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

— Natalie du Toit

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

— Michael Phelps

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

— Sandeep Singh

“If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people are unwilling to do. —Michael Phelps, winner…

— Mark Minervini

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

— P. T. Usha

I've played in many different environments and at the highest level at an Olympic Games.

— Stephanie Labbe

We don't like to be forced off our own tour, onto foreign soil, to qualify for our Olympic teams. That's ridiculous.

— Karch Kiraly

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work…

— Yoel Romero

I want to break the world record, win Olympic gold and win World Championship gold.

— Armand Duplantis

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals.

— Mary Lou Retton

I've never played the Olympic Club. I have played Lytham, but only some amateur events. I haven't played Kiawah.

— Luke Donald

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

— Simone Biles

How can you top an Olympic gold other than, you know, getting a second Olympic gold?

— Stephanie Labbe

Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.

— Casey Eastham