Olympics Quotes · Page 41

No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

— Miranda Hart

If [American Idol] was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race.

— Kimberley Locke

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I love my country. That's the thing about the Olympics. You're doing it for your country.

— Scotty Lago

I came from a remote village, I didn't know what running was, or the Olympics.

— Milkha Singh

I just love to skate. When I put a skate on the ice, I'm free from the world, and I have no…

— Jim Carrey

To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing…

— Sonny Bill Williams

When I went to Beijing, my goal was to do the best with every shot. The outcome was not important, the process…

— Abhinav Bindra

I hope that people will one day look back at my skating and what I brought to the table. 'Remember when Patrick…

— Patrick Chan

I tried not to cry on the podium, I tried to enjoy this moment. I did enjoy Rio but was trying to…

— Kadeena Cox

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career…

— Tony Hawk

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is…

— Elana Meyers

Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with…

— Mirai Nagasu

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in…

— Sarah Hughes

Javelin is a very technical sport. I rectified my faults over time. Then I trained under foreign coaches who further rectified my…

— Neeraj Chopra

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a…

— Scott Hamilton

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling.…

— Al Pacino

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth…

— Stella Young

When I was six, right before I started swimming, we went to a national competition here in Maryland and watched Michael Phelps…

— Katie Ledecky

I am honored to be to be part of the biggest sports event in the world. The fact that the Games are…

— Tiesto

I have always loved to skate, and that is all I wanted to do. Having my whole, entire career taken away from…

— Tonya Harding

When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every…

— Jack Canfield

“Heath hesitated. I watched the warring desires skirmish on his face. A part of him longed to surrender to my curiosity; another…

— Layne Fargo

The shouts of triumph become infectious, and I lift my voice to join in, running toward my teammates. Christina holds the flag…

— Veronica Roth

The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.

— Alexander Ovechkin

Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power.

— Zach Braff

For Infiniti, the global coverage that Formula One provides is second only to the Olympics.

— Christian Horner

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and…

— Marianne Vos

That's where the very best players in the league end up - the Olympics.

— Jrue Holiday

I have skated when I was a child, but it was just with our friends and our parents, no special technique.

— Saara Aalto

I am happy. I skated well. This is a competition and sometimes things don't go as you'd like them to.

— Irina Slutskaya

I now get to have the life I wanted when I was 18 years old. Now, I'm like, 'I can buy any…

— Kyle Kinane

When we get off the line in skating we kind of look like little ducks running.

— Eddy Alvarez

I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn't going to be very…

— Chloe Kim

I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.

— Bryan Ferry

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

— Katarina Witt

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

— Sally Ride

The Olympics should be something so special, but I feel like it was definitely miserable at times.

— MyKayla Skinner

Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.

— Johnny Carson

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

— Jill Ellis