Olympics Quotes · Page 56

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast…

— Clara Hughes

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

— Bonnie Blair

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

— Scott Hamilton

One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.

— Mikaela Shiffrin

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

— Brian Boitano

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to…

— Sarah Hughes

I was deeply involved in the decision that President Jimmy Carter made to boycott the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The saddest part of my career has been missing the Olympic medal by one-hundredth of a second.

— P. T. Usha

Overall, I believe there has been a significant shift in the acceptance and appreciation of Paralympic athletes, but we still have a…

— Jessica Long

“He was into the skating culture now and I was into, well, I'm not sure what I was into. I was into…

— Markus Zusak

It just comes kind of naturally to me to take something and try and make it relatable and interesting to someone who…

— Ashley Wagner

I was just cruising around the streets of South Beach and got scouted. Two ladies stopped my parents and said, 'This kid…

— Eddy Alvarez

In ramp skating, there's this guy Alex Perelson who's really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we haven't…

— Tony Hawk

At the 1985 Asian Track and Field meet in Jakarta, where I won five golds and a bronze, I was taken for…

— P. T. Usha

I was ecstatic when we won - to host the Olympics is one of the biggest opportunities in living memory. It will…

— Sebastian Coe

My dad was really controlling and he did want me to skate every single day. I would say he did it in…

— Nyjah Huston

I want more gold medals. I only got two in Rio so it would be nice to make it four.

— Kadeena Cox

We're always telling stories, we're supposed to be reacting, a man and woman on the ice, it's romantic.

— Scott Moir

Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there.

— Kerri Walsh

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all…

— Bayley

I've made money from a young age but it's never taken away from my love of skateboarding. I don't just do this…

— Nyjah Huston

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

— Mark Rydell

I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and…

— Eddie the Eagle

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

We play so hard and overall the Olympics are such a positive experience.

— Maya Moore

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things…

— Leo Fitzpatrick

They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got…

— Craig Ferguson

I'm a two-time Olympian and I have a gold medal and I'm proud of that.

— Nelly Korda

“I’m a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning admirer. I’m also a 16-time Olympic medalist observer (I saw Michael Phelps on TV).”

— Jarod Kintz

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

Deep in my heart, I know I can surpass my personal best and win the gold but there are circumstances that are…

— Hidilyn Diaz

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

— Shania Twain

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

— Michael Phelps

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

— Debi Thomas

My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've…

— Betty Cuthbert

But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

— Debi Thomas

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

— Shaun White

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

— Gary Bettman

I had a really lovely upbringing. I did a lot of skateboarding down country lanes.

— Ellie Bamber