Olympics Quotes · Page 50

“I’m a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning admirer. I’m also a 16-time Olympic medalist observer (I saw Michael Phelps on TV).”

— Jarod Kintz

We play so hard and overall the Olympics are such a positive experience.

— Maya Moore

They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things…

— Leo Fitzpatrick

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

— Mark Rydell

I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and…

— Eddie the Eagle

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.

— Jennie Finch

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling…

— Dorothy Hamill

If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it…

— Little Richard

The Olympics, you have to remember, is an event onto itself; it's unlike anything else. It's a multisport event, you have people…

— Donald Fehr

My father grew up in Vermont, where he was raised on a dairy farm. He didn't have much money growing up, but…

— Johnny Gaudreau

No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in…

— George Packer

Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could go on tours, win decent prize money,…

— Tony Hawk

It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing…

— Darren McCarty

Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business climate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney has proven that…

— Anonymous

I think skateboarding is better now in terms of the amount of facilities and the amount of support young skaters have -…

— Tony Hawk

I'm not sure I'll ever love softball as much as bobsled. It's like having children: you don't love one more than the…

— Elana Meyers

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be…

— Joe Sakic

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global…

— Eduardo Paes

I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He…

— David Rudisha

It's hard to explain these feelings...But I'm extremely honored to be an Olympian and be a part of this team.

— Jordyn Wieber

I had a really lovely upbringing. I did a lot of skateboarding down country lanes.

— Ellie Bamber

“The Hard Days Are The Best Days Cause That's When Champions Are Made”

— Gabby Douglas

You can not be in top five in Olympic after just one year's preparation.

— Sandeep Singh

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

— Shaun White

But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

— Debi Thomas

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

— Gary Bettman

My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've…

— Betty Cuthbert

Next stop, London!! So excited for the Olympic Games, they're finally here!

— Rebecca Soni

The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.

— Shashi Tharoor

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

— Bill Parcells

Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

— Craig Ferguson

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

If the Olympics were more like the Hunger Games I think I'd probably watch more of it.

— Anonymous

The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.

— Sergei Bubka

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

— Chael Sonnen

Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.

— McKayla Maroney

I got a gold medal. I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.

— Shaun White

I'm never going to be the best skater, but I feel like I'm getting better.

— Emily Atack