Olympics Quotes · Page 42

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

— Chael Sonnen

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

— Bill Parcells

Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

— Craig Ferguson

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Next stop, London!! So excited for the Olympic Games, they're finally here!

— Rebecca Soni

The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

— Shashi Tharoor

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.

— Heather Mills

But post my victory in Beijing, I actually wanted to quit sport and move on to something else in life.

— Abhinav Bindra

I was 14 when the wall came down, so I only ever knew about the GDR or experienced it as a kid.…

— Nina Hoss

I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against…

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

I remember being a 17-year-old wheelchair basketballer at the Paralympics. I just wanted to beat everybody, but I also wanted to do…

— Dylan Alcott

My participation in the Art of the Olympians is a natural extension of my athletic career. I find creating a piece of…

— Bob Beamon

It's super cool - I have this link to Korea, and with the Olympics, I have this opportunity to represent the U.S.,…

— Chloe Kim

I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice…

— Nancy Kerrigan

The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I…

— George Gregan

Being 19 years old and making the Olympic team on my last lift. I went 6-for-6 and had a perfect Olympic trial.…

— Mark Henry

Words can't even describe how much Olympic medals means to me, because of all the hard work, sacrifice and effort I put…

— Gabby Douglas

I had just got back from skiing, and I was just hanging out, browsing the Internet, and I found some article that…

— Nick Goepper

It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to…

— Mirai Nagasu

Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But…

— Mary Lou Retton

Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when…

— David Rudisha

You are on thin ice and you know it. You see the cracks and know more are forming everyday, but you don't…

— Eugene Nathaniel Butler

If it doesn't mean more to a normal human being like Dan Evans, who could change his life and career by winning…

— Mats Wilander

It feels amazing - really, really great! It was so nice to be out there and be cherished by all the people.…

— Margaretha Sigfridsson

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

— Patrick Ewing

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

— Adelina Sotnikova

When I was growing up, you could get arrested for skateboarding, and now it's going to be in the Olympics.

— Ti West

I watched the Olympics in 2012 in London, and there were so many great performances there, so many people, so many sports.

— Son Heung-min

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

— Hermann Maier

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

— Gabby Douglas

I got a gold medal. I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.

— Shaun White

I'm never going to be the best skater, but I feel like I'm getting better.

— Emily Atack

Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

— Homer

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

— Gus Kenworthy

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

— Katie Taylor

Who doesn't like the Olympics? Everyone does, but who is going to pay for it?

— Michael Capuano

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

— Gabby Douglas

I can't believe that I just won a gold medal. I think it will take a bit to sink in.

— Emma McKeon

My school have been so supportive in the balance between my sport and my studying, ever since I won the two golds…

— Ellie Simmonds

Mitt Romney had a horse competing in the Olympics. He didn't win. But next year, he'll be competing in 'Dancing with the…

— David Letterman