For relaxation, I like to figure skate. Being on the ice and spinning and jumping, I feel very close to nature. In… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
Enter with the torch in the stadium. 80,000 people screaming. I was waiting downstairs for the start for 10 hours; I was… — Alberto Tomba Copy Share Image
“To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all… — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... that's all… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
I've been with Team Canada for a lot of World Cups and World Championships, and to be part of an Olympic team… — Joe Thornton Copy Share Image
An American judo fighter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Officials became suspicious when he kept stopping the… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's… — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in,… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think the scores for Olympic gymnastics are affected by what countries the judge and the gymnast are from. That's wrong. That… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance.… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
The Olympics are getting mixed reviews. People are angry at NBC for showing a promo that revealed the winner of a swimming… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
One thing about skating that I don't think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
I think to actually be an Olympian to me means that you've trained most of your life, or you've dedicated most of… — Bryan Clay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
"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 Copy Share Image
I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have… — Yani Tseng Copy Share Image
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Olympics had never really been on my agenda. I had been a huge sports fan growing up, But it never really… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm Chief Executive Officer at Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida, which was founded by my Mexico City teammate… — Bob Beamon Copy Share Image
If golf is to thrive in the Games the finest need to be there. Ultimately it will be up to the players… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
I would have loved to sneak off and watch some of the horse events at the Paralympics and I know Lee Pearson,… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
To prepare for a Euros, Olympics and a World Cup in the space of three years, it's not going to be easy.… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
The Commonwealth Games is an event for everyone. I believe it continues because of the unity and appreciation in respect of diversity,… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
I want to be a 16-year-old skateboarder, even if I am a middle-aged, gray-haired man - although nobody is going to know… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up for three… — Kurt Browning Copy Share Image
Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions… — Bill Toomey Copy Share Image
...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 Copy Share Image
