Olympics Quotes · Page 50

I saw a chance to make the 1988 Olympic boxing team and forgot all about football.

— Tommy Morrison

To put pole vaulting on the map just for a second is a dream come true.

— Armand Duplantis

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

— Brian Shaw

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

— Sarah Hughes

I don't think you sit there as a young boy thinking you want a full set of medals, you just want to…

— Gary Cahill

Winning a gold medal was something I always wanted. It's something I always expected to do.

— Cael Sanderson

I always wondered what it would be like going to sleep the night before prelims at the Olympics…Feels awesome.

— Aly Raisman

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the…

— Patrick Chan

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured…

— Tori Bowie

I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have…

— Yani Tseng

If you'd asked me that right after the Olympics, I would have said no, but at this point I think it has.…

— Michael Phelps

"What kind of world do we live in? Why are we applauding this guy's abs?" I mean, no offense to Michael Phelps.…

— Mark Haskell Smith

The Olympics had never really been on my agenda. I had been a huge sports fan growing up, But it never really…

— Tim Henman

There's something about an Olympic Games and representing Canada and being part of that greater team, so when we're 70, we'll be…

— Tessa Virtue

You'd like people to remember you for these great times on the ice. In reality, you want them to forget because you're…

— Apolo Ohno

On his homesickness during the Barcelona Olympics -I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a…

— Charles Barkley

As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the…

— Allyson Felix

The Christmas just before I turned four, my parents bought me a pair of little black skates and the Bay of Quinte…

— Bobby Hull

“Moment, momentum, momentous If you reduce sports to its smallest discrete units, its subatomic particles, you're left with protons and electrons and…

— Steve Rushin

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the…

— Tony Hawk

I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp…

— Lanni Marchant

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the…

— Bryn Terfel

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.

— Mary Lou Retton

I have two skateboards, but I don't get to use them much. I have a snowboard, which I've never used.

— David Spade

More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to…

— Mary Lou Retton

HGH testing is happening in Olympics. The science is there. It is a valid test.

— Roger Goodell

I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!'…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Everyone wants to make the Olympics. Everyone wants to pretty much just play on the team or at least try out.

— Collin Sexton

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I…

— Johnny Weir

The Paralympics have given me so much, and I know what this sport can do for a young kid when it's at…

— Jessica Long

I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do…

— Geeta Phogat

I fell in love with athletics watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics, aged seven. I thought: 'These people aren't human, they're immortal.'

— Denise Lewis

I have a lot of bitter memories from Beijing. Hopefully, we can erase those memories and bring the gold back to Japan.

— Kohei Uchimura

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different…

— Carl Lewis

We surprised ourselves in '84 when we thought we could win a major tournament but hadn't yet until we won the gold…

— Karch Kiraly

I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids.

— Shaun White

And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

— Alicia Sacramone

It wasn't an easy journey to participating in the Olympics. It has taken me 14 years of training and hard work.

— Dutee Chand

Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.

— Roger Ebert

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

— Noureddine Morceli