Olympics Quotes · Page 49

I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.

— Max Aaron

Everyone wants to represent their country and my dream is to one day play in the Olympics.

— Jrue Holiday

I've actually said 'get off my grass' to people before. They were skateboarding on my grass!

— Kim Shattuck

I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.

— Emma McKeon

I got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big…

— Johnny Mathis

I really want to do the Olympics. Obviously, I can't let things out of the bag, so to speak.

— Mark Roberts

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.”

— Steve Backley

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether…

— Sebastian Coe

I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm…

— Johanna Konta

You dream about the Olympics for so long and you have that one day, then it's over, and when you don't run…

— Ryan Hall

From the moment a wheelie mate of mine had told me she'd been ice-skating, I was amused and bemused by the idea.…

— Liz Carr

My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote…

— Sebastian Coe

“Back when I was a competitive swimmer, I used to dream of going to the Olympics. But then I changed my mind,…

— Jarod Kintz

We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is…

— Otto Schily

I was surprised to make it even to the finals of the Olympics, and to get first is above me. I don't…

— Red Gerard

“You would fain be victor at the Olympic Games, you say. Yes, but weigh the conditions, weigh the consequences; then and then…

— Epictetus

Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team…

— Debi Thomas

I am a skateboarder, and to stay fit for skating I have to stay away from a lot of things. I go…

— Ryan Sheckler

Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled…

— Lolo Jones

“Natalie was one of the confident skaters weaving in and out of bodies, natural movement that succeeded because there wasn’t too much…

— Karl Drinkwater

“When it was [Larry] Bird's turn [to sign souvenir Team USA basketballs], he said to [Brian] McIntyre ' What's the quickest it's…

— Jack McCallum

Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own…

— John Naber

It was like when we went to Mexico City [Olympics in 1968] it was sun and shining and bright. When we came…

— John Carlos

“The best thing I ever did in life was nothing, and I got a medal for it. I was a hero once.”

— Hugh Howey

Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them…

— Nyjah Huston

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

— Jordyn Wieber

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.

— Usain Bolt

It's like a dream come true, coming to the Olympic trails and leaving being the champion.

— Tori Bowie

You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

— Seth Godin

Nobody is on the Paralympic Team until three months before those games.

— Heather Mills

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

— Dawn Fraser

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have…

— Ashley Wagner

A medal in Tokyo Olympics is my target, it's the ultimate for an athlete. I am still young and my best is…

— Neeraj Chopra

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

— Kim Yuna

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

— Donovan Bailey

We have won laurels for the country in wrestling but still, in spite of winning medals, not many people recognised us.

— Geeta Phogat

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential…

— Jeremy Abbott

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid

— Bradley Wiggins

You're still a person with or without that gold medal. It just represents the hard work.

— Jessica Long