Olympics Quotes · Page 38

For me, it would be the perfect summer to play in the Euros and then the Olympics. My desire is to play…

— Juan Mata

McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.

— Robert Downey, Jr

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

— Mary Lou Retton

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

— Nathan Chen

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

— Marian Dragulescu

I love the classic side of skating, making it look like a full program and not just technical based.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

Exams, Scores, Ranks & medals are only the show case items. Not yours Life & Success .

— ArunVino

I was just kind of sour with the sport. I didn't want anything to do with it. I went into a period…

— Scott Moir

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

— Jean Driscoll

What a great opportunity to come to my fifth Olympics, be flag bearer and also be a returning medalist so I have…

— Chris Witty

After the 2013 World Championships, I had three goals for the Olympics: to swim 3:56 or better in the 400-meter freestyle, break…

— Katie Ledecky

I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the…

— Jamie Anderson

it's a feeling of ice miles running under your blades, the wind splitting open to let you through, the earth whirling around…

— Sonja Henie

One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe…

— Herschel Walker

The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves,…

— Mary Kom

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

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

— Jill Grunenwald

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

“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

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

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

A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron…

— John Wooden

When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget your…

— Michio Kaku

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

— Shaun White

Well China, you got us. Phelps was doping - and he still beat you. He smoked the sticky-icky, and then he smoked…

— Stephen Colbert

This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me.

— Abhinav Bindra

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

— Dayron Robles

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

— Julie Benz

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

— Martin Lel

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

— Bode Miller

I'm a two-time Olympian, but on the front and back end of both of those were two Olympics where I narrowly missed…

— Gretchen Bleiler

“I don't answer. I shut my eyes and hold my breath and hope whoever it is will think I'm not here and…

— Jennifer Weiner

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

— Cindy Klassen

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

— Lindsey Vonn

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

— Max Aaron

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme.

— Shawn Johnson

For Indian players, qualifying for the Olympics is a feat in itself.

— Jwala Gutta

If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner.

— Elizabeth Berg

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

— Tori Bowie