Olympics Quotes · Page 22

It's been a great day in the Olympic Village! Having so much fun soaking in the amazing aura of this place.

— Rebecca Soni

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

— Jack Handey

The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing…

— Hima Das

I organised the Himachal Pradesh State Olympics, which was a huge success.

— Anurag Thakur

I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my…

— Megan Jendrick

I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.

— Lupe Fiasco

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

— Simone Biles

I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.

— Nathan Chen

I pretty much knew that I was going to come in fourth, but then I said, 'I'm fourth at the Olympic Games.…

— Gracie Gold

...China has announced that...it will hold the beach volleyball contest at the site of the 1989 massacre. Even Hitler didn't have the…

— Don Feder

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team.…

— Bob Beamon

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire... I want to perform. I want to be on the…

— Jeremy Abbott

I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I…

— Nader al-Masri

Any eyes on me - a late-night street sweeper, some dude texting in his parked car, the homeless guy talking to himself…

— Rodney Mullen

The whole podium time was like it was in slow motion. I was watching the flag go up realizing I'm part of…

— Caeleb Dressel

Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled…

— Conan O'Brien

Contest skating is about figuring out the hardest tricks you can do that you can also land every time. It doesn't matter…

— Nyjah Huston

“I love the smell of the ice... And the cold. The sound the puck makes when it's sliding across the ice or…

— J. Sterling

I think that people tend to look at the paintings as being resolved or finite. But, to me, a painting can be…

— Sarah Morris

Michael Phelps is a sporting god among men. It is hard to say if anyone will ever match his accomplishments, but it…

— Johnny Weir

Every Olympics, when I was growing up and playing basketball, my parents and I made it a point to sit down and…

— Christian Laettner

When we think about making the people in the audience happy, or trying to make them feel something, it kind of goes…

— Scott Moir

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global…

— Eduardo Paes

To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

— Adelina Sotnikova

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

— Casey Eastham

I have given permission that my medals be transferred from the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi to the sports museum in…

— Milkha Singh

My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.

— Anastasia Myskina

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

— Stephanie Labbe

If there's a skateboard in front of me, I can't help myself. I like to jump on.

— Luke Rockhold

The Olympics was something amazing for the U.K. in bringing people together and giving the population hope.

— Holly Branson

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

— Simone Biles

I don't come to meets to count medals. It's not what I do. It's just really for me.

— Caeleb Dressel

I am going to keep pushing myself and I would love to get an individual gold medal. That would be amazing.

— Emma McKeon

I still recreationally skate at the roller rink with all the children.

— Emma Dumont

Loving the Opening Ceremonies! The show was so much fun to watch with my teammates. This is what it's all about!

— Rebecca Soni

That's the thing about ice skating, you can just fall awkwardly like that.

— Chesney Hawkes

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

— Gregg Troy

Winning the 2012 bronze medal was magnificent, but I would love to win a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

— Mary Kom

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

— Armand Duplantis