Olympic Quotes · Page 8

When Armageddon comes, it would be good to be an Olympic athlete, because running real fast and jumping over stuff could come…

— Jack Handey

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You dont' boo…

— Kurt Angle

In 2007, I dreamed of Olympic gold but got outpointed in the Olympic trials.

— Daniel Jacobs

You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.

— Ashley Wagner

We went out there as a team and believed we could win. I am an Olympic champion.

— Mark Lewis-Francis

I've lifted weights ever since I was a teenager, but I started going more towards the Olympic weightlifting style, which is clean…

— Daniel Bryan

To win Olympic gold it takes a lot of HARDWORK, a lot of PASSION, a lot of SACRIFICES.

— Gabby Douglas

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

— Tara Lipinski

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was…

— George Foreman

I had the most incredible time on 'Dancing With the Stars.' It never occurred to me when I took it on that…

— Dorothy Hamill

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to…

— Dorothy Hamill

Whereas China has set about systematically striving for Olympic success since it re-entered global competition after years of isolation, India has remained…

— Shashi Tharoor

I feel it's right for me to wear a Canadian flag baseball hat. Regardless of the fact that my wife is Canadian…

— Ashton Eaton

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right…

— Eric Shanteau

I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games…

— David Robinson

If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I…

— Daniel Cormier

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the…

— Alexander Ovechkin

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.'…

— Claressa Shields

I remember watching the 1992 Barcelona Games on TV, and I watched Limba Ram shoot. That was my first exposure to the…

— Abhinav Bindra

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.

— Nastia Liukin

“Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave…

— Steve Backley

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

— Sarah Hughes

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are…

— Cathy Rigby

It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.

— Nathan Chen

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and…

— Avery Brundage

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

— Clara Hughes

I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it…

— Allyson Felix

If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The Olympic Games showed us that with self-discipline and dedication we can be champions.

— Anurag Thakur

The Olympic Games are a global celebration of our hopes, our ideals and our values.

— Laurel Hubbard

Anything can happen. Everybody is working to be on that team and to win the Olympic Games.

— Michelle Carter

The only thing that me and Muhammad Ali have in common is that we are both Olympic gold medalists and both very…

— Claressa Shields

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

— Paula Radcliffe

I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic…

— George Michael

You don't win the Olympic to make millions. People are always like, 'Where is your Lamborghini?'

— Scott Moir

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

— Katie Taylor

Nothing dramatic can be expected from the Sports Code, because the Olympic Charter has to be respected.

— Abhinav Bindra

My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it.

— Petra Kvitova

To do a PB in an Olympic final - I'm pretty happy - you can't ask for more, that's the fastest time…

— Emma McKeon

Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability…

— Dylan Alcott