Olympics Quotes · Page 37

Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

I don't watch my Rio races back. I'll look at my London 2012 races a lot. But not Rio.

— Ellie Simmonds

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

— Mark Twain

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.

— Ryan Sheckler

That's why I love the Paralympics. For two weeks, it's the big show.

— Dylan Alcott

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

— Scott Hamilton

Any chance we have to skate for another Olympic medal, it's amazing.

— Tessa Virtue

To win a gold medal for your country is something you can only dream about.

— Andrey Rublev

In the U.S., track and field struggles and I am such a trackie. I love the sport. It's one of those things…

— Mary Cain

I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was…

— Neil Peart

I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for…

— Mo Farah

It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough…

— Jimmy Fallon

Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a…

— Dominique Moceanu

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the…

— Debi Thomas

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would…

— Kim Smith

Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than…

— Nate Holland

As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be…

— Nathan Chen

The Sochi Games is not only my second Olympics, but the 'retirement stage' for me, so I want to have a greater…

— Yuna Kim

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

I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of…

— Lawrence Jordan

From the very start in 1969, I wanted to be a part of helping our Special Olympics athletes succeed. I wanted to…

— Rafer Johnson

The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget,…

— Mitt Romney

Being champion is just priceless. I'm not trying to sound arrogant or anything but being Olympic champ, you have every country coming…

— Henry Cejudo

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

— Ashton Eaton

Skateboarding is something that I've loved ever since I started when I was five years old.

— Nyjah Huston

You take records with a pinch of salt. Take Usain Bolt: someone will be quicker than him one day. These things aren't…

— Robert Green

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.

— Laurie Hernandez

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

— Kristi Yamaguchi

I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

— Debi Thomas

It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their…

— Abhinav Bindra

After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay.

— Emma McKeon

That's what the Olympics is about - getting your name on the wall, and that gold medal.

— Emma McKeon

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

— Yao Ming

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

— Esther Williams

Tallulah [Bankhead] is always skating on thin ice. Everyone wants to be there when it breaks.

— Mrs. Patrick Campbell

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics…

— Bonnie Blair

If I can inspire at least one per cent to live what I lived being a part of the Canadian Olympic team…

— Scott Moir

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

— Dominic Thiem

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

— Scott Moir