To me, being heavyweight world champion and Olympic sprint champion are the two greatest prizes in sport. — David Haye Copy Share Image
They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs. — Bryan Volpenhein Copy Share Image
With golf becoming part of the Olympics now, it is even more imperative that more of the middle class get access to… — Jeev Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
I worked a lot with my personal coaches in Croatia. That helped me to play on that level in the Olympics. — Bojan Bogdanovic Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Four Games is incredible. Especially as an nine-year-old watching Athens 2004. To think as a kid then I would not just go… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will… — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has been said that sharing my silver medal with that incident on the victory dais detracted from my performance. On the… — Peter Norman Copy Share Image
In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all… — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
Today, Jamaica is known because of just one man - Usain Bolt. Not many Indians have managed to reach the finals of… — Milkha Singh Copy Share Image
If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
On the ice, I feel like I can become a different person, and the darker dramatics, the Black Swan, is confident: she's… — Kaetlyn Osmond Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how I could… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I decided to host my show 'Kiss and Cry' hoping that people actually want to participate and feel more familiar with figure… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell… — Janet Evans Copy Share Image
“DUTCH MASTERS: Historic Olympic Dominance AP SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Jorrit Bergsma set an Olympic record and led another Dutch speedskating sweep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
