Olympics Quotes · Page 39

Slip and slide on subway grates these shoes are poor mans ice skates fall through like change in the daylight.

— Matt And Kim

What we get paid to do is peak at the world championships and Olympics.

— Christian Coleman

Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing…

— Chloe Kim

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the…

— Scott Moir

Every athlete wants to represent their country or region in the Olympics.

— Jackson Wang

I have always said being part of the team and winning a medal for my country was my first preference.

— P. R. Sreejesh

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned…

— Charlie White

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.

— Evan Sayet

A few years after I finished skating, someone asked where my medals were. I'm like, 'In a suitcase somewhere.' Now they're nicely…

— Michelle Kwan

So-Youn has good qualities in both jump and power, triple combination is her biggest strength and she also has great artistic value…

— Kim Yuna

If there was an Oppression Olympics, I would win the gold medal. I'm Palestinian, Muslim, I'm female, I'm disabled, and I live…

— Maysoon Zayid

I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire…

— Cathy Freeman

I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat…

— Megan Rapinoe

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're…

— Oksana Baiul

Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can…

— Ivan Lendl

I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's…

— Teri McKeever

I appreciate all the people I've met through curling. It's been woven through the story of my life. But that win-at-all-costs attitude…

— Colleen Jones

I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a…

— Arthur Lydiard

I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how I could…

— Johnny Weir

“When two souls stand on ice, it is easy to say which one is leading the movement and which one is following.…

— Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache

I decided to host my show 'Kiss and Cry' hoping that people actually want to participate and feel more familiar with figure…

— Yuna Kim

I remember being glued to the TV as I watched the Olympics as a kid. There was something so magical, almost otherworldly,…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I couldn't believe just how emotional I was about the London Olympics. Before the Games even started, I was reading a newspaper…

— Tessa Virtue

Last year I was the favorite going into the world champs in Beijing, but I felt like I had to do something…

— Ashton Eaton

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.

— Gus Kenworthy

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate…

— Laurence Fishburne

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

— Ban Ki-moon

Rio has been absolutely epic. I did leave my heart out there, and I wanted to do everybody proud.

— Michelle Carter

On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party.…

— Ma Jian

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

— Apolo Ohno

I am pretty pleased. I will be on the Olympic podium, so you can't be more happy.

— Emma McKeon

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

— Natalie du Toit

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

— Paul Coffey

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

— Adam Ondra

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

— Patrick Chan

“If there were an Olympics for kidding yourself, I’d take home the gold.”

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot…

— Carolina Kostner

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

— Nathan Chen

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

— Hannah Kearney

You can slide on my ice like the Escapade and itchy-gitchy-yaya with the marmalade.

— Lil Kim