Olympics Quotes · Page 48

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

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

— Tara Lipinski

The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary…

— Bill Toomey

It feels amazing to be an Olympian...This is definitely the best day of my life, and knowing that all of my hard…

— Jordyn Wieber

...Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly,…

— Oksana Baiul

I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I…

— Danielle de Niese

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against…

— Vera Wang

I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up for three…

— Kurt Browning

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions…

— Bill Toomey

I may have become a world champion quicker than most, but people should look at me and realise there are all kinds…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

Through skateboarding, I have an open line of communication, some common ground and common ground is big man. That enables me to…

— Mike Vallely

The torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games, of peace and togetherness. It's a good idea. And this idea is being…

— Herbert Hainer

A lot of times, you design a logo to be timeless, but with something like the Olympics, timelessness is maybe not something…

— Michael Bierut

“Wouldn't you like to be the skater who wins the silver, and yet is thrilled about those three triple jumps that the…

— Timothy J. Keller

Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance…

— Dorothy Hamill

I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person,…

— Kristin Armstrong

Brandon McCaw mastered everything at the Olympics he can perform all the stunts in the world there. He can do 500 front…

— Brandon Mccaw

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the…

— Shawn Mendes

It's safe to say that if sucking it in were a sport, I'd be an Olympian.

— Anonymous

If being a douche was an Olympic sport, I know some people that would have a gold medal!

— Anonymous

If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don't…

— Mary Kom

The Olympics are an emotional roller-coaster. You cant be too disappointed with results because things dont always go your way.

— Adam Gilchrist

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

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

— Kipchoge Keino

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

Coming out of the Olympic Games, I was the golden boy and I got put up on a pedestal. I got stuff…

— James DeGale

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

— Nancy Kerrigan

I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.

— Tom Stoppard

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

— Valeria Golino

I work with a team of coaches and trainers to make me feel like I am not alone out on the ice.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

The Geiger-counter of Olympomania is going to go zoink off the scale,

— Boris Johnson

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

— Katie Taylor

I think someone that won the Olympics in snowboarding but didn't win X Games would feel like their career was incomplete.

— Travis Pastrana