I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person. — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it… — Dick Ebersol Copy Share Image
The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I've experienced in my career. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot. — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
The Paralympics defined my life, but they also reach into homes across the nation, redefining public perception of what's possible. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough. — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
It's definitely an honour and a dream to be able to go out there and have all the people in the stands… — Meghan Agosta-Marciano Copy Share Image
Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I think there's new optimism in Brazil. The Olympics went well. Our demand is good. Costs are down. We're back in the… — David Neeleman Copy Share Image
I don't know if any of us imagined we would ever be up here getting ready to skate in the Olympics. But… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
“You remember what you told me, Mom? That there are no medals for the completion of a good life? I’ve been thinking… — J.A. Konrath Copy Share Image
I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a… — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of… — Lawrence Jordan Copy Share Image
Let's start with the black glove. We felt it necessary being the fact that the Olympic Games, for the first time ever… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
We're talking about the Olympics. We're talking about trying to win the gold medal. All of these things can be overwhelming. But… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
I read nothing. I watch nothing. I haven't even seen myself in the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics. I don't look… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
That's a pretty big advantage to this journey that I've been able to have, is that I was able to start at… — Armand Duplantis Copy Share Image
I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows.… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
There are many people who could be Olympic champions. All-Americans who have never tried. I'd estimate more than 5 million people could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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