Olympics Quotes · Page 55

I've been lucky: I've won a lot of medals, but I'd still like to win more.

— David Silva

I am going to keep pushing myself and I would love to get an individual gold medal. That would be amazing.

— Emma McKeon

I don't come to meets to count medals. It's not what I do. It's just really for me.

— Caeleb Dressel

The Olympics was something amazing for the U.K. in bringing people together and giving the population hope.

— Holly Branson

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

— Simone Biles

Winning the 2012 bronze medal was magnificent, but I would love to win a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

— Mary Kom

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

— Gregg Troy

I still recreationally skate at the roller rink with all the children.

— Emma Dumont

I literally started skating handrails when I was seven years old, with no helmet on, so I was just bred into this…

— Nyjah Huston

Once upon a time, this moment - this last light of the evening the day before the race - was the best…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Every guy that I've talked to would love to have that opportunity to go, and I don't think there's one guy who's…

— Brad Marchand

People have to identify with something to show they have reached a certain goal. Anyway, in Russia it's done with medals. You…

— Emilio Pucci

In 1988, the Summer Olympics were held in Korea, which was a divided country... It was an opportunity for the East and…

— Moon Jae-in

That's the neat thing about the Olympics - so many of these athletes, they don't make a ton of money, they train…

— Julie Foudy

I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the…

— Anonymous

I'd love to go to the Olympics. I grew up watching it on TV, and I was always very patriotic and passionate…

— Nick Cummins

That's the thing about ice skating, you can just fall awkwardly like that.

— Chesney Hawkes

Loving the Opening Ceremonies! The show was so much fun to watch with my teammates. This is what it's all about!

— Rebecca Soni

I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.

— Nathan Chen

Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.

— Casey Eastham

To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

— Adelina Sotnikova

I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012.

— Simone Biles

If there's a skateboard in front of me, I can't help myself. I like to jump on.

— Luke Rockhold

How can you top an Olympic gold other than, you know, getting a second Olympic gold?

— Stephanie Labbe

My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.

— Anastasia Myskina

I have given permission that my medals be transferred from the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi to the sports museum in…

— Milkha Singh

For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.

— Dick Pound

I don't know what the point of life is, but I'm certain that five gold medals is not it.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not…

— Mark Spitz

When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the…

— J. R. Celski

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

I had the world against me. I was told I shouldn't be doing sport and that I wouldn't go to the Paralympics.…

— Kadeena Cox

If no-eye contact sex were a sport, I'm not saying I'd make it to the Olympics, but I like my chances.

— Dov Davidoff

Maybe Japan should've run faster in the Olympics if someone had just yelled 'Godzilla' Stay thirsty my friends!

— Anonymous

That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals.

— Mary Lou Retton

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

— Johnny Weir

I want to break the world record, win Olympic gold and win World Championship gold.

— Armand Duplantis

I grew up watching PRod and Chris Cole. To be able to skate with them in competition is an honor.

— Nyjah Huston

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

— Tony Hawk

There was a time in my life I wanted that Olympic medal, and all I did was train, train, train and work…

— Yoel Romero