Olympics Quotes · Page 30

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

— Daley Thompson

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

— Kristi Yamaguchi

I was a real skateboarder, not a gifted skateboarder. I represented that skateboarding was fun to do by being terrible at it.

— Lance Mountain

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

— Tara Lipinski

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

— Joe Sakic

You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.

— Ashley Wagner

We went out there as a team and believed we could win. I am an Olympic champion.

— Mark Lewis-Francis

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

— Mark Spitz

I didn't think I would have an Olympic medal at 21, but I knew I would give my best and play my…

— P. V. Sindhu

The Olympic Games has been important to our family. My wife was always really into it, she was a gymnast growing up…

— Justin Rose

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the…

— Muhammad Ali

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But…

— Alicia Sacramone

I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All…

— Vijender Singh

I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how…

— Max Aaron

“Dear God, if I made it through this alive and conscious, my name deserved to be added to some X-rated category in…

— Rachael Wade

While growing up, my dream and my goal was to win an Olympic gold medal. I did that, and both times, they…

— Vasyl Lomachenko

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that…

— Charlie Pierce

I wanted to take up a sport the real way and see if I actually had athletic ability. And then I happened…

— Geena Davis

How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the…

— Nicolas Cage

I'm not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in '92 or when I was working out every…

— Summer Sanders

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so…

— Anonymous

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth…

— Stella Young

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling.…

— Al Pacino

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention…

— Dan O'Brien

I didn't even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I'd compete for a silver medal.

— Sunisa Lee

Every problem you ever had with another man I gotta face, Started off on thin ice, I'm still here but I can't…

— Wale

Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.

— Tony Hawk

If life could come back, if I could roll back the years, I would like to relive my most cherished moment, the…

— P. T. Usha

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

— Franklin P. Jones

I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never…

— Bela Karolyi

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.'…

— Claressa Shields

I remember watching the 1992 Barcelona Games on TV, and I watched Limba Ram shoot. That was my first exposure to the…

— Abhinav Bindra

The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.

— Reggie Jackson

When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community.

— Katy Perry

Some girls can skate but I personally believe that skateboarding is not for girls at all. Not one bit.

— Nyjah Huston

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.

— Nastia Liukin

My skateboard is magical and musical, it gives me wings and makes me dance in loops and whirls.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I think every athlete that’s just out here for the Olympics just does something to inspire those around them and inspire each…

— Oscar Pistorius

At the Olympics, once I got there it was more about the full experience and skating to the best of my ability.

— Eddy Alvarez

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot.…

— Katarina Witt