Olympics Quotes · Page 54

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

— Jill Ellis

Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked.

— Oksana Masters

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

— Dorothy Hamill

Barcelona is now in the past. I was sick and boxed in, and that's understandable why I lost.

— Noureddine Morceli

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

— Muhammad Ali

It's been said that, while growing up, I ate meals with my skates on. It's true.

— Gordie Howe

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that…

— Danielle de Niese

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win…

— Marat Safin

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to…

— Wendell Pierce

Udaya Laxmi is not the only athlete who has been asked by the administrators to go after my records; they now want…

— P. T. Usha

Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

— Eamonn Coghlan

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the…

— Richard Attias

I'm still a Welsh girl at heart so I'm staying in the U.K. for the Olympics, it's such an exciting time for…

— Katherine Jenkins

Of course I want to bring home a gold medal, and that's what I'm planning on doing. For me, that's not pressure.…

— Diana Lopez

It's impossible to put into words. When you see that trophy coming towards you in the hands of the officials... the gold…

— Cafu

“We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate on them well,” wrote Emerson. Is it true? If…

— Maggie Nelson

“The man can kiss like it's an Olympic event and he's going for the gold.”

— Sherryl Woods

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.

— Simone Biles

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

— Bonnie Blair

From 8 to 19, I was skateboarding every single day. That was my life. I worked at a skate shop. I watched skate videos.

— Ryan McGinley

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

— Lindsey Vonn

I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change…

— Bobby Orr

“If feeling yourself up had been an Olympic event, I'd have taken home the gold medal”

— Beverly Diehl

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

— Stella Young

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

— Ai Weiwei

When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great…

— Brian Boitano

I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.

— Irina Slutskaya

That's what the Olympics are about, is these tight games that bring out performances that make us really proud.

— Stephanie Labbe

I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

— Hannah Kearney

The Asian Championships are like the Olympics because the top 6 or top 8 are already here.

— Hidilyn Diaz

Roller-skating and ice-skating are two different things - I found that out the hard way.

— Todd Bridges

I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything.

— Caroline Buchanan

We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch…

— Birdman

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

— Katarina Witt

“Most ducks have legs like orange spatulas. Those must be lazy swimmers. Mine have thighs like Michael Phelps in the summer of 2008.”

— Jarod Kintz

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym…

— Jennette McCurdy

One thing about a skater: they never quit. So a skater, to sum it up, is awesome.

— Lil Wayne

The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I'd love to be in the Olympics and face Felix Savon again. But if I can't, I'll make the best of it.…

— Shannon Briggs

I like skateboarding because it's backyard danger. You don't need to go on an alpine holiday to get thrills.

— Grayson Perry