Once I retired from skating, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have the chance to come back to… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
I did not know about awards. I just wanted to break the world record and the Olympic record. — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish. — Tori Bowie Copy Share Image
Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 were the proudest moments of my sporting career. — Michael Diamond Copy Share Image
It really shaped me as a person going to DeMatha. Anyone that plays athletics or does music or does whatever, it teaches… — Frances Tiafoe Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind a spotlight also focused on the crowd, because, I think, one of the things that made the Olympic Games… — Roy Hodgson Copy Share Image
Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
It's incredible, they're [the medals] beautiful and as soon as they put them around your neck, it's pretty amazing. Shannon played outstandingly… — Jennifer Botterill Copy Share Image
I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe… — Eric Heiden Copy Share Image
Decathletes have to train for every event: sprints one day, field events the next. You pump up to make yourself strong enough… — Caitlyn Jenner Copy Share Image
Ice-T is a great sport about people doing impressions of him, apparently, obviously, and so I have no choice but to be… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Don't worry, everyone - I'm not going to be just this silly little idiot who thinks he's 'it,' who has been to… — James DeGale Copy Share Image
Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been… — Peter Ueberroth Copy Share Image
I'd have to say I'm pretty adventurous. I just went to Shanghai for the Special Olympics and I tried dim sum. I'd… — Brenda Song Copy Share Image
Well, Harry Reid and other members of congress, they're just furious over this Olympic uniform deal. He says we should burn the… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The Olympics will be great for the growth of golf on a global scale, but my focus right now is on being… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity.… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
Intensive mothering is the ultimate female Olympics: We are all in powerful competition with each other, in constant danger of being trumped… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences.… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“In truth, I would have said anything to make LaGuerta take me to the rink. I wanted to go to the arena… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image