Olympics Quotes · Page 34

In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.

— Gary Hustwit

You play four Grand Slams every year, the Olympics is only once every four years.

— Carlos Alcaraz

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and…

— Missy Franklin

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

— Kipchoge Keino

What is great about being in sport was when you won, you got a gold medal and you knew you had won.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

— Ma Jian

When we won gold I was expecting overwhelming relief, but it just didn't come.

— Stephanie Labbe

“she would have got a gold medal in social climbing if it was an Olympic sport”

— Marlene Perez

“I told her she should come back to my place because it’d just won sixth place in the Living Room Olympics, and…

— Jarod Kintz

Career-wise, I was not the most naturally talented ice skater. Of course I had a knack for it , but practice was…

— Tara Lipinski

I hung out with all the guys in my neighborhood when I was little... I would, like, skateboard and go to skate…

— Daniella Monet

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that…

— Tony Hawk

When the rules of judging skating in international competition changed in 2004 with the goal of making judging more transparent, one of…

— Tara Lipinski

When I was younger, pole vaulting was all that I knew. It was mainstream. It was so accessible to me and I…

— Armand Duplantis

I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to…

— Usain Bolt

“Bricks, bricks, and bricks could be used instead of gold, silver, and bronze medals in the Olympics. If all an athlete cares…

— Jarod Kintz

You look at Governor Romney's record in the private sector, he helped turn businesses around. Certainly a decade ago he took what…

— Scott Walker

Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on.…

— Cindy Klassen

I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games.…

— Adam Rippon

This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200…

— Bill Bowerman

I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and…

— Summer Sanders

After I got my gold medal, I thought, 'This isn't just me. It belongs to my team, my friends, my family, the…

— Alex Morgan

The Olympics is my favourite sporting event. Although I have a problem with that silver medal. When you think about it, you…

— Jerry Seinfeld

It is everything I thought it would be; being the Olympic champion, it definitely is an amazing feeling. And I give all…

— Gabby Douglas

I want to be able to do the Olympics and then do the Paralympics after.

— Kadeena Cox

In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.

— Ellie Simmonds

I just think there's something about being in the Olympics, even though I think it's been tarnished a little bit by commercialization.

— Tom Izzo

I'd love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal-that would be amazing.

— Shaun White

America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan - Go for the Gold.

— Bob Hope

Skateistan's not just about skating. It’s giving people life skills and hope for the future.

— Tony Hawk

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

My hope is to be the first disabled swimmer on an able-bodied team at the Y Nationals.

— Victoria Arlen

To go and win a gold medal in the Olympics, not too many people get a chance to do that and it…

— Bob Backlund

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of…

— Mirai Nagasu

I don't think revenge is enough to fuel the fire it takes to go to an Olympic Games and be successful.

— Scott Moir

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

— Pierre de Coubertin

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

— Sidney Crosby

At some times, my first go-round in the Olympics got a little overwhelming.

— Eddy Alvarez

I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.

— Jason Momoa

It is the dream of every athlete to qualify and compete in the Olympics and I am no different.

— Dutee Chand