Olympics Quotes · Page 29

Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing…

— Chloe Kim

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the…

— Scott Moir

Every athlete wants to represent their country or region in the Olympics.

— Jackson Wang

I have always said being part of the team and winning a medal for my country was my first preference.

— P. R. Sreejesh

Slip and slide on subway grates these shoes are poor mans ice skates fall through like change in the daylight.

— Matt And Kim

What we get paid to do is peak at the world championships and Olympics.

— Christian Coleman

I'd never gone as a kid to an ice rink. There was always that fear that I'd break my leg and it…

— Bonnie Langford

Im still standing by/rooting for Michael Phelps. Our society loves building people up just so we can tear them down too much.

— Philip DeFranco

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

I look back at 1993 or 1994 when I made it to the National Championships, and I was on used skates and…

— Michelle Kwan

I was always a good runner, I dipped into triathlons a bit and stuff like that, but I just remember saying to…

— Leah Williamson

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the…

— Scott Hamilton

I've noticed that a lot of people, subsequently, when they introduce me are very careful not to say the Culture Secretary Jeremy…

— Jeremy Hunt

I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would…

— Nadia Comaneci

Skateboarders are envied by people because they just glide so free. Any time something moves like water, they’ll make a dam. Every…

— Mark Gonzales

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

— Richard Attias

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up…

— Gary Locke

Everyone who has been to an Olympics says expect the unexpected. That kind of psychology games does go on, so I'm kind…

— Libby Trickett

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the…

— Ai Weiwei

2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world…

— David Cameron

Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me. I don't understand the connection to any reality... Like in…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I wanted to bring the book out right now because I think anyone who cares about Tibet knew there would be disturbances…

— Pico Iyer

Everyone saying, 'She'll bring back women's skating. This will be the one to watch at the Olympics.' And they say things that…

— Gracie Gold

The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the…

— Lakshmi Mittal

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

— Scott Hamilton

After Russia (winning bronze at Rostelecom Cup), I'm one of the top Canadian ladies. Tomorrow, I just have to do a good…

— Alaine Chartrand

To me, the Olympics are very important, obviously, but it's not something that I'm gonna change everything for.

— Chloe Kim

I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it…

— Evgeni Plushenko

In BMX, you need an inner mongrel, something that's a point of difference in the female category.

— Caroline Buchanan

I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.

— Kenny Baker

I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics.

— Gracie Gold

Sometimes, as an athlete, you think everything you touch can turn into gold.

— Robert Horry

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

— Ted Ligety

There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

— Ian MacKaye

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall…

— Lolo Jones

Playing with Rafa, getting my first Olympics medal - hopefully not the last one - it's been a special one.

— Carlos Alcaraz

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything.

— Tonya Harding

We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics.

— George Pataki

If you ever have the option, come to the Olympics. It's, like, a fun time.

— Adam Rippon

I am not running after gold medals; I am running after time. And once I get that, gold medals will run after…

— Hima Das