Olympics Quotes · Page 36

I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of…

— Erick Barrondo

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

— Simone Biles

Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

— Gary Hustwit

That's just the mystery in the air of the Olympics. It's full of dreams, and sometimes dreams don't come true.

— Justin Gatlin

Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.

— Dan Jenkins

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

— Daley Thompson

When I won medals, I think I was doing something for my employers also. I am making them proud.

— Dutee Chand

To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.

— Mike Schultz

At the Olympics, there was a little bit of unfair judging, but I tried not to be disappointed and to do my…

— Olena Vitrychenko

The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and…

— Gary Bettman

That's a hard question, because I started skating when I was three, so I don't really remember life before it, and I…

— Julie Benz

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics.…

— Leander Paes

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in…

— Cameron van der Burgh

I remember my dad took my ice skates. One day I asked my mum: 'Where are my ice skates?' because I loved…

— Dejan Lovren

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued…

— Jason Lee

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to…

— Mark Spitz

Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to,…

— Brian Boitano

I don't have any regrets, really. What I got out of the sport was more than I ever dreamed was possible. We…

— Colleen Jones

I don't want to be an object of consumption. I like to get out there and participate because I care about it.…

— Mike Vallely

There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going…

— Ashton Eaton

My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all. If I could be half…

— Tom Daley

It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more…

— Ryan Hall

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and…

— David Rudisha

Four years ago, I was thinking… no Olympics, who am I? Probably in ’04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics…

— Raj Bhavsar

I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in…

— Donovan Bailey

I commend the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible.

— Laurel Hubbard

One of the interesting things about skateboarding and graffiti is that skateboarding exists in the documentation of an act.

— Jeffrey Deitch

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

— Peggy Fleming

Sometimes my skating allows me to do things I never dreamed possible.

— Kurt Browning

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

— Tom Daley

My parents bought a motorhome and would take us to skate competitions throughout California when I was only seven or eight years…

— Nyjah Huston

Double gold means I'm king of the sprints. It shows I'm the best sprinter around.

— Justin Gatlin

Olympics is a place where you can be easily distracted to a lot of things and it will seem like a magic…

— P. R. Sreejesh

Obviously it is well documented that I didn't love the 800m when I started out. But I, er, learnt to appreciate it.

— Denise Lewis

The main thing for me now is figure skating, which I intend to devote more than one year.

— Julia Lipnitskaya

I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that...…

— Allison Janney

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

— Sarah Hughes

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

— Abhinav Bindra

Winning a gold medal means you're the best in the world at that time.

— Michelle Carter

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.

— Diana Lopez