Olympics Quotes · Page 30

I would love nothing more than to become a professional ice skater, but I would rather do it privately.

— Rylan Clark-Neal

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

— Mary Lou Retton

I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver.

— Patrick Chan

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career.

— DeMarcus Cousins

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.

— Kenny Baker

The Olympics is by far the biggest stage of them all for any sportsperson, so I'm looking forward to it.

— Neeraj Chopra

I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim.

— Jessica Long

Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.

— Mirai Nagasu

I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games…

— David Robinson

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, Well, that's a pretty…

— Richard Pryor

If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I…

— Daniel Cormier

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has…

— Wilma Rudolph

I trained my whole life for the Olympics. I didn't have a childhood, I really couldn't go to the beach with my…

— Claressa Shields

I'm having a wonderful time in training. It's so funny because you go through ups and you go through downs. People have…

— Roy Jones Jr

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I…

— John Robinson

The Olympics are great. For two weeks we become absolutely fascinated in these people we've never heard of before and will never…

— Amy Argetsinger

At the 2012 Olympic Trials, I wanted to make a second Olympic team. I fell face first, and in a blink of…

— Nastia Liukin

It takes a village to earn a spot representing your country, and I know that every single person who helped me get…

— Gretchen Bleiler

The first few years I was competing, I'd ride so well in practice, then choke and fall in competition. Now I take…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's…

— Mary Decker

They'll try to apply the rules of the day to the game, where you can't touch your board with your hands, or…

— Mike Vallely

I think that in figure skating, and in sports in general, that when you're young, it's considered a huge advantage because you're…

— Adam Rippon

I'll confess that I don't watch the Olympics, but you'd have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the…

— Seth Godin

Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,…

— Shepard Fairey

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it…

— Dick Ebersol

I don't know anybody that is like super close friends but also competing for the same medal. That would be kinda odd.

— Christian Coleman

Nations should show their countries strength/power through winning medals.Not war medals but Olympic medals.

— Mehde H Choudhury

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

— Wayne Gretzky

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic…

— Dorothy Hamill

The Paralympics defined my life, but they also reach into homes across the nation, redefining public perception of what's possible.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

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

— Gabby Douglas

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

— Christa McAuliffe

To be able to make the Olympic team was a surreal feeling, knowing where I started.

— Jerami Grant

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

— Oksana Baiul

The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if…

— Paula Radcliffe

You can't just measure yourself solely on winning that medal. It has to be on the everyday experience.

— Scott Moir

It's said that Norwegians are born with skis for our legs. That's why we always win the Olympics.

— Kristofer Hivju

I like figure skating, because it's articulate, and I'm that type of guy. But hey, we're all weird in our own way.

— Uriah Hall

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.

— Tony Hawk

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

— Marion Jones