Olympics Quotes · Page 24

Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

— Jennie Finch

“The Hard Days Are The Best Days Cause That's When Champions Are Made”

— Gabby Douglas

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

— Sandeep Singh

We play so hard and overall the Olympics are such a positive experience.

— Maya Moore

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things…

— Leo Fitzpatrick

They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

— Mark Rydell

I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and…

— Eddie the Eagle

My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea.…

— Herbert Hainer

Every Olympics, they make a big deal out of something - security... traffic... pollution... something - and it really doesn't come true.…

— Jim Boeheim

I don't know if it'll happen four years from now or 52 years from now, but our job is to make an…

— Karch Kiraly

Ramp skating has become the most popular televised form of skating because they can constrain it. They can judge it based on…

— Jeffrey Deitch

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved…

— Nancy Kerrigan

I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always…

— Gareth Gates

Mary Peters. When I was having my sulky, stroppy, bad loser phase I watched her at the Olympics. Sometimes she failed but…

— Sue Barker

I wasn't paid a dime for my track career. But participating in the Olympics gave me the opportunity to learn about different…

— Wyomia Tyus

When I'm done skating, I guarantee you that I will not look back and remember standing on the podium. I'm going to…

— Apolo Ohno

I love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on earth. And that goes for, not only if you're one of us about…

— Nyjah Huston

I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number…

— Cameron van der Burgh

Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them…

— Dan Gable

“Step my step, mile by mile. These were my medals and I had worked hard for each and every one of them…

— Jill Grunenwald

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used…

— Evander Holyfield

“Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many…

— Mark Zupan

I'm a dirty kid: I like to be outside, I like to run about, I like to get messy. So I spent…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

— Debi Thomas

I'm a two-time Olympian and I have a gold medal and I'm proud of that.

— Nelly Korda

Deep in my heart, I know I can surpass my personal best and win the gold but there are circumstances that are…

— Hidilyn Diaz

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

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

— Michael Phelps

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got…

— Craig Ferguson

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

— Adelina Sotnikova

When I was growing up, you could get arrested for skateboarding, and now it's going to be in the Olympics.

— Ti West

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

— Patrick Ewing

But post my victory in Beijing, I actually wanted to quit sport and move on to something else in life.

— Abhinav Bindra

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.

— Heather Mills

Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

— Homer

I'm never going to be the best skater, but I feel like I'm getting better.

— Emily Atack

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

— Hermann Maier

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

— Gabby Douglas

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

— Bill Parcells