Olympics Quotes · Page 23

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

— Johnny Weir

Maybe Japan should've run faster in the Olympics if someone had just yelled 'Godzilla' Stay thirsty my friends!

— Anonymous

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

— Mary Lou Retton

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

— Yoel Romero

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

— Tony Hawk

When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the…

— J. R. Celski

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not…

— Mark Spitz

I don't know what the point of life is, but I'm certain that five gold medals is not it.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

I suspect that you, like I once did, are picturing the Arctic as one endless Pingu landscape of flat ice, broken only…

— Alexander Armstrong

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian…

— Graeme Murphy

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S.…

— Bonnie Blair

When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an…

— Brittany Bowe

I don't even need to do anything; I am always amped to skate. Always amped to be competing. I love competing -…

— Ryan Sheckler

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for…

— Hope Solo

I'm a proud New Zealander, and I represent Paralympics New Zealand. I love what I do, and I do it because I…

— Sophie Pascoe

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation…

— Peggy Fleming

I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He…

— David Rudisha

I think skateboarding is better now in terms of the amount of facilities and the amount of support young skaters have -…

— Tony Hawk

I'm not sure I'll ever love softball as much as bobsled. It's like having children: you don't love one more than the…

— Elana Meyers

Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of…

— Kohei Uchimura

Olympics are three times more likely to be employed than people of a similar age, ethnic and socioeconomic status who have not…

— Timothy Shriver

The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color…

— John Carlos

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be…

— Joe Sakic

Competing for Wales in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006 at the age of 16 was daunting for me. It was my…

— Jazmin Carlin

For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.

— Dick Pound

If no-eye contact sex were a sport, I'm not saying I'd make it to the Olympics, but I like my chances.

— Dov Davidoff

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

I had the world against me. I was told I shouldn't be doing sport and that I wouldn't go to the Paralympics.…

— Kadeena Cox

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all…

— Bayley

We're always telling stories, we're supposed to be reacting, a man and woman on the ice, it's romantic.

— Scott Moir

I want more gold medals. I only got two in Rio so it would be nice to make it four.

— Kadeena Cox

I've made money from a young age but it's never taken away from my love of skateboarding. I don't just do this…

— Nyjah Huston

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

— Brian Boitano

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

— Mikaela Shiffrin

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

— Scott Hamilton

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

— Bonnie Blair

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

— P. T. Usha

I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to…

— Sarah Hughes

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

— Shaun White