Olympics Quotes · Page 26

I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.

— Jason Momoa

It is the dream of every athlete to qualify and compete in the Olympics and I am no different.

— Dutee Chand

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

— Jaycie Phelps

The Olympics is one of the memories that will always be with me. It changed my life for the better.

— Steph Houghton

I don't think revenge is enough to fuel the fire it takes to go to an Olympic Games and be successful.

— Scott Moir

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

— Pierre de Coubertin

At some times, my first go-round in the Olympics got a little overwhelming.

— Eddy Alvarez

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

— Sidney Crosby

When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that's where I wanted to be. I went to the…

— Callum Smith

I watched the Olympics as a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. If I could swap Olympic…

— Luke Donald

Being a figure skater myself and knowing what it took for my parents to get up at five in the morning to…

— Allison Janney

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality,…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

I want to bring back that glory in our country because we are the Olympic champions. So I want to see that…

— P. R. Sreejesh

I didn't find out about the Paralympics until I was 18 years old. Once I found out what the Paralympics were, I…

— Oksana Masters

I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African…

— Oscar Pistorius

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics…

— Lee Trevino

I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running…

— Mitt Romney

I never planned to be at the height of my career when I was 30 years old and going to my fourth…

— Kelly Clark

Now, if there were an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating then this administration would take the gold, world-records for violations of…

— Dennis Kucinich

When I was little, I used to go to the local ice-skating rink. In my mind, I always felt like I could…

— Gayle Forman

During my practice sessions, I had walked all around the rink examining each corner. I make a habit of doing this before…

— Josee Chouinard

What can Americans learn from the Olympics spectacle? According to the IMF, China will succeed America as the dominant economic power in…

— Mark Steyn

I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice…

— Garrett Hedlund

The Olympics were something that was put in my path. I knew I was capable, I worked so hard for it, so…

— Katelyn Ohashi

To go and win a gold medal in the Olympics, not too many people get a chance to do that and it…

— Bob Backlund

My hope is to be the first disabled swimmer on an able-bodied team at the Y Nationals.

— Victoria Arlen

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of…

— Mirai Nagasu

I've proven that Filipino weightlifters can win a medal in the Olympics.

— Hidilyn Diaz

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes.

— Jordyn Wieber

No disrespect to any other competition, but what drives me now is majors, Ryder Cups, the Olympics.

— Justin Rose

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself…

— Demetrious Johnson

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.

— Samuel Eto'o

If you really want a career in professional skateboarding,you really got to stop pushing mongo.

— Jamie Thomas

Challenge me to ice skate, and I'll do it. I've never put on ice skates in my life, but that's kind of…

— John Smoltz

The skateboarders are snobbier - their look is much cleaner than ravers'.

— James Jebbia

I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before…

— Billy Joe Saunders

Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay…

— Stephen Colbert

Despite hanging up my racing wheels over a decade ago, I still get a buzz when we enter an Olympic and Paralympic…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle.

— Mirai Nagasu

I'm living a dream. I hope in 10 years people will know me as a gold medalist.

— Jennie Finch