Olympics Quotes · Page 46

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

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

— Joe Sakic

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I…

— Lolo Jones

I declare the 20th Winter Games closed. I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in…

— Jacques Rogge

All what I aimed for, except the Olympic medal, I achieved. That's why I want to start the Usha School of Athletics.…

— P. T. Usha

I could take away all the gold medals and everything, that was the biggest thing that sport has given me. Belonging into…

— Dylan Alcott

I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics.…

— Jackie Chan

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as…

— Inge de Bruijn

Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to…

— Katarina Witt

Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be…

— Chris Klein

I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286…

— Matt Ghaffari

Had my dream again where I'm making love, and the Olympic judges are watching. I'd nailed the compulsories, so this is it,…

— Harry Burns

There are always times when you don't want to go to the rink, or you don't want to do all the things…

— Nathan Chen

I was 21 and lining up in an Olympic final trying to fulfil a dream and get an Olympic medal. It launched…

— Colin Jackson

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating.…

— Dorothy Hamill

Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to…

— Michael Phelps

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the…

— Nastia Liukin

I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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 even think that I could be competing for a gold medal; I was convinced I'd compete for a silver medal.

— Sunisa Lee

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

— Tony Hawk

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

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

Being from Detroit, I often went to the roller skating rink. I can skate backwards, forwards, and even twirl on skates, LOL!

— Kenya Moore

Life has changed after Rio. Winning a silver medal was a huge moment for me. It has come with a lot of…

— P. V. Sindhu

I've been on my couch watching the Olympics since 5:38 this morning. Can't turn it off!

— Frankie Muniz

I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.

— Pierre de Coubertin

At the Olympics, I'm representing the United States as well as the town and people who helped shape me.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

To win Olympic gold it takes a lot of HARDWORK, a lot of PASSION, a lot of SACRIFICES.

— Gabby Douglas

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for

— Peggy Fleming