Olympics Quotes · Page 32

The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as…

— David Letterman

Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.

— Mo Farah

My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.

— Tessa Virtue

I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this.

— Yohan Blake

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

— Tommy Morrison

To put pole vaulting on the map just for a second is a dream come true.

— Armand Duplantis

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

— Sarah Hughes

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

— Brian Shaw

“These are the people who will encourage you to go after your dreams and will inspire you to succeed. Stick to them…

— Steve Backley

Obviously, the skaters in generations before us didn't have the opportunity to win multiple medals at an Olympic Games. We recognize that.

— Scott Moir

Breaking the world record for the first time in Torun was a very crazy feeling. There was this rush of emotions that…

— Armand Duplantis

I know the joy of skating on a clear cold day. I know the joy of getting off a perfect drive in…

— Vash Young

My aim is to do better than I did in Tokyo. I am glad I won the Olympic gold. I may have…

— Neeraj Chopra

I grew up watching as much Olympics as I could, checking out all the sports. As a kid, you dream of playing…

— Jack Sock

The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from…

— Jill Lepore

I saw my baseball career skyrocketing, but there was always something in the back of my head that was missing. That was…

— Eddy Alvarez

It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God.…

— Allyson Felix

“Francesca had grown up watching me, like I'd grown up watching Sheila. She said I was inspiring, but what had I inspired?…

— Layne Fargo

If anyone here is secretly dreaming of making the Olympics, I can tell you exactly how to do it, two words: Sustained…

— Brad Alan Lewis

If you are not a skater, you probably can't imagine what I mean. I could try to tell you by saying it's…

— Sonja Henie

My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them…

— Mirai Nagasu

Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through…

— Lolo Jones

The Olympics is not really about the sport, it's about the story behind the person. You keep the sport relatively simple to…

— Kurt Angle

I'll tell you one of the great activities is skateboarding. To learn to do a skateboard trick, how many times do you…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I don't think you sit there as a young boy thinking you want a full set of medals, you just want to…

— Gary Cahill

Winning a gold medal was something I always wanted. It's something I always expected to do.

— Cael Sanderson

I always wondered what it would be like going to sleep the night before prelims at the Olympics…Feels awesome.

— Aly Raisman

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have…

— Ashley Wagner

A medal in Tokyo Olympics is my target, it's the ultimate for an athlete. I am still young and my best is…

— Neeraj Chopra

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

— Kim Yuna

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

— Donovan Bailey

We have won laurels for the country in wrestling but still, in spite of winning medals, not many people recognised us.

— Geeta Phogat

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential…

— Jeremy Abbott

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid

— Bradley Wiggins

You're still a person with or without that gold medal. It just represents the hard work.

— Jessica Long

“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.”

— Steve Backley

Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them…

— Nyjah Huston

“The best thing I ever did in life was nothing, and I got a medal for it. I was a hero once.”

— Hugh Howey

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

— Jordyn Wieber

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.

— Usain Bolt