Olympic Quotes · Page 9

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

— Venus Williams

The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.

— Caroline Buchanan

I'm not a big fan of the Olympic Games. The ATP calendar is a bit complex due to the Olympic event.

— Dominic Thiem

I'm happy to see that more girls are going into weightlifting and aiming to become Olympic medalists as well.

— Hidilyn Diaz

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

— Shannon Miller

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

— Kerri Walsh

I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder.

— Caster Semenya

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations.…

— Richard Attias

Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about…

— Mary Pilon

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do…

— Rulon Gardner

My aim is to do better than I did in Tokyo. I am glad I won the Olympic gold. I may have…

— Neeraj Chopra

“If you decide not to take action, you are going to fail, and even if you do take action, if you can’t…

— Steve Backley

I had some friends who were great skiers who I would hang out with, like Jonny Moseley, the Olympic moguls champion, who…

— Dean Cain

My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I'm not Olympic champion, but I…

— Jeremy Abbott

Career-wise, I was not the most naturally talented ice skater. Of course I had a knack for it , but practice was…

— Tara Lipinski

I dreamed of being a professional skater once. I wanted to be a Korean Olympic skater, but I wasn't good enough, so…

— Song Joong-ki

To organize an Olympic Games is probably the most complex thing on the planet because it has so many moving parts.

— Abhinav Bindra

I'm not U.S.A. Olympic image. I didn't go to college. I came from a different route.

— Shawn Kemp

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

— Saina Nehwal

“Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.”

— Steve Backley

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

— Yao Ming

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

— Abhinav Bindra

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

— Scott Hamilton

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

— Laurie Hernandez

It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their…

— Abhinav Bindra

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

— Tom Daley

Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are…

— Charlotte Casiraghi

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

— Fidel Castro

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

— Simone Biles

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

— Tina Maze

Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.

— Richard Attias

I'm thrilled that I was able to share my first Olympic Games experience with my U.S. teammates.

— Simone Biles

People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be…

— Usain Bolt

To have full and multiple criteria is the best way to decide who is best prepared to be on that Olympic team.

— Ashley Wagner

I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.

— Michelle Kwan

Holmstrom has broken an Olympic record by being cross checked 46 times in one game!

— Harry Neale

I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

— Dorothy Hamill

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

— Taylor Phinney

There is a pressure in this country that comes from being a boxer with an Olympic medal and then turning pro.

— James DeGale